Cold Pasta Salad With Homemade Pesto
An easy recipe for Cold Pasta Salad With Homemade Pesto.
Ingredients
Homemade pesto
- ½ avocado
- ½ mug fresh basil
- 4 cloves garlic
- lime juice from 1 lime
- 1 tbsp almond flakes / or whole almonds
- ⅓ mug olive oil
- 2 tbsps parmesan cheese
- ½ tsp salt
- a pinch of black pepper
Pasta salad
- 500 g farfalle pasta
- 200 g cherry tomatoes
- 1 big red onion
- 2 green bell peppers
- 1 whole spring onion
- 1 can canned corn
- 3 small red radishes
- a pinch of salt
- lime juice from 1 lime
- a pinch of black pepper
- 200 g mozzarella
Instructions
- Start with boiling the pasta for 12-15 minutes or follow the instructions on the package. Let the pasta cool for a few minutes. Prepare a huge bowl.
- In the meantime, chop up the vegetables you chose for this salad. Also, cut the mozzarella into small cubes.
- In the food processor mix avocado, olive oil, fresh basil, garlic, lime juice, almonds, parmesan cheese, salt, and black pepper. Mix on high speed until the pesto is smooth.
- Into the bowl put pasta, chopped vegetables, mozzarella cubes, salt, black pepper, lime juice, and fresh pesto. Give it a good stir.
- Serve with extra parmesan cheese on top and for more protein add tuna.