Pesto Primavera Recipe

ou'll love this inexpensive and easy-to-make, Pesto Primavera recipe. It's a fresh veggie pasta that's bursting with yummy Italian flavors. Primavera means "spring" in Italian, so this dish typically features a variety of colorful vegetables that are in season in the spring.

Course Dinner

Cuisine Italian

Keyword Cheap Dinner, Easy Dinner, itailian pasta, pasta, Pasta dinner, Pesto primavera, Pesto sauce

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 5

Total Time 35

Servings servings

Calories 388kcal

Author Janine Waite

Ingredients

16 oz linguini noodles dry pasta noodles or fresh
3 tbs olive oil
4 cloves garlic minced
1½ large onion chopped
3 carrots julienned
1 head broccoli chopped
16 oz crimini mushrooms sliced
12 oz cherry tomatoes sliced in half
14 oz basil pesto sauce you can buy 2- 7 oz packages of pesto sauce.
1 bunch fresh basil julienned
¾ cup pine nuts add as much as you like
grated parmesan cheese
salt and pepper add to taste

Instructions

Pasta

Boil and cook pasta according to the instructions on the package. Once cooked, rinse and drain and set aside for later.

Vegetables

Prep all my vegetables before I begin cooking.

Saute Vegetables

Add olive oil to a large pan and heat over a low to medium flame. Add minced garlic and diced onions. Cook until onions are translucent.
Next, add carrots and cook until they start to become tender.
Add the broccoli and mushrooms at this stage. Cook until broccoli begins to soften a bit.
Add sliced cherry tomatoes and cook just a tiny bit.

Mix Everything

Mix in the pesto and pine nuts in the pan or a big bowl.
transfer everything to a large bowl and mix thoroughly.

Toppings

Serve the pasta on plates and add the parmesan and fresh julienned basil to each plate of pasta.
Salt and pepper to taste.

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