16 ounces pasta I used fuseilli but any short shape works 3/4 cup basil pesto sauce 6.7 ounces is about 3/4 cup, jarred pesto ...

Reserve 2 tablespoons of the cooked bacon and add the remainder to the pasta. Add the pesto, tomatoes and broccoli ... if you wanted a creamy pasta salad.

Fresh pesto in tubs ... into freshly cooked pasta, spooned on to thick soups, spread on bruschetta, fillets of fish or chicken before grilling, or added to mayonnaise and salad dressings.

Plus, adding some pesto nudges your salad more into pasta territory, so you can more easily bolster it with grilled protein and even serve it up as a main dish. Crafting a pesto pasta salad can be ...

Enter nutritionist Zoe Bingley-Pullin's buckwheat pasta ... pea pesto made from simple ingredients like basil and garlic, paired with your favourite leftover chicken or lamb, this salad is a ...