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pesto pasta salad

Healthy and fresh salad - pesto pasta salad

Be ready to have a quick, healthy and delicios meal!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 300 g pasta
  • 15 g fresh basil
  • 40 g spinach
  • 20 g pine nuts
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • ½ lemon zest
  • 2 tbsp  olive oil
  • 50 g parmesan cheese
  • 200 g cherry tomatoes
  • 400 g olives
  • 150 g mozzarella

Instructions
 

  • Boil 300 g of pasta and let it cool, you could also boil it in advance or the day before.
  • For the pesto follow the next steps: in a food processor put the fresh basil, pine nuts, garlic, parmesan cheese, zest lemon, and sauteed spinach.
  • Mix everything together and then add olive oil and mix it again until a cream is formed. Add salt and pepper to taste
  • Once the pasta is cool all you have to do is to bring all the ingredients together. In a bowl put the pasta, pesto olives, mozzarella, and cherry tomatoes and mix it all together.