Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Cold Spinach Pesto Pasta Salad

This is my favorite pasta for one because I LOVE pesto and spinach. Its really easy to make and a great dish to take to a dinner at someone's place when you need to bring something.

Ingredients:

One box of bow tie pasta
One bag of spinach
One jar of pesto
Parmesan cheese fresh in a bag...not the shaker kind
Garlic Salt
Olive oil

Start off with cooking your bow tie pasta. Dont overcook them. When they are cooked dump into strainer and then immediately rinse with cold water. Let pasta sit in strainer until it is cool.

Cut up your spinach into small chunks or strips.

Once pasta is cooled add to a large bowl.

Drizzle some olive oil over the top. Dont get too carried away and drizzle too much oil.

Add your spinach and the whole jar of pesto.

Stir all together and add a dash of garlic salt.

Sprinkle with some Parmesan cheese and mix in. Probably about a cup of it.

With this salad you can experiment and add more or less depending on your tastes. I find after it sits a bit you may want to add a bit more garlic salt or the cheese for that salty flavor.

Keep in the fridge and eat fresh or later. I like to eat on it all day.