Roasted Cherry Tomato & Pesto Pasta
I have an abundance of cherry tomatoes and basil in my garden so I will be making Roasted Cherry Tomato & Pesto Pasta for dinner tonight.
You can make this Gluten-Free meal by using Gluten-Free Pasta. My favorite is Barilla’s, Gluten-Free Pasta.
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What is in Pesto?
Pesto is basil that has been chopped up in a food processor with pine nuts, garlic, parmesan cheese, olive oil, salt, and pepper.
The key to making the best pesto is to finally chop (grind) all the ingredients except the olive oil and salt and pepper.
While the basil, nuts, garlic, and parmesan are processing, slowly drizzle the oil into the mixture through the blender spout.
It will form a smooth mixture to mix with your pasta. Salt and pepper to taste after you’ve processed the pesto.
What type of Pasta do you use with Pesto?
You can use any type of pasta with pesto but I prefer a noodle such as Rotini as it seems to give the pesto sauce something fancy to hang on to.
As I mentioned gluten-free is also an option.
A cheese-filled ravioli is also very nice with pesto sauce.
Pesto on Zoodles is really good and is a great healthy choice.
What Can You Serve with Pesto?
Today I’m searing some cherry tomatoes with garlic until the tomatoes pop and create a little bit of a sauce and I will top the pesto-coated pasta with the tomato garnish.
Here are a few proteins that you could top pesto pasta with:
- Sliced grilled chicken breast
- Sauteed Shrimp
- Salmon
- Tuna
Other toppings:
- Burrata Cheese
- Mini Mozzarella cheese balls
- Shaved Parmesan
Tools you’ll need
Side Dishes for Roasted Cherry Tomato & Pesto Pasta
- Green Salad
- Ceasar Salad
- Crusty French Bread
- Sourdough Bread
- Grilled Vegetables
Mediterranean or Meatless Monday
When I’m meal planning I use themes as a way to make my plan easy. On Monday I typically make a pasta recipe.
I love pasta and I’m so glad that I can enjoy occasionally having pasta by choosing a GF option.
Most of the time I use zoodles for the sauce that I make on Mondays.
I’m so glad that I can use up the harvest that is still left in my garden. This meal was delicious!
Peace,
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Roasted Cherry Tomato & Pesto Pasta
Recipe details
- 4 servings
- Prep time: 20 Minutes Cook time: 9 Minutes Total time: 29 min
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So delicious!! I oven-roasted the tomatoes with onion and garlic and, after tossing the orzo (I love those little noodles!!) with pesto (homemade), I schlepped a healthy dose of the oven-roasted tomato mixture on top, followed by a shredded Italian cheese blend, super-melty!! Oven roasted tomatoes get so naturally sweet, it's a lovely complement to this garlic-lover's amount of garlic in the pesto! lol Thank you for a perfectly simple Meatless Monday recipe, that takes about as much time to prepare as does a pot of pasta to cook! THAT'S a meal I can make any day of the week!!! ;) ~Chrissie