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4) Pesto pasta with sun-dried tomatoes (cold-packed)

Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients
  

  • Short pasta penne or rotini, cooked and cooled (12 oz, 340 g)
  • 1/2 cup 120 g basil pesto (either homemade or store-bought)
  • 1/3 cup 50 g sun-dried tomatoes (drained)
  • 1/4 cup 30 g grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
  • 1/4 cup 30 g walnuts, chopped and toasted pine nuts (optional)
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Method
 

  1. Make your pasta from home. After cooking it, drain it, then rinse it with cold water to chill it. After all of this, you can put it in a container.
  2. Gently mix pesto with the chilled pasta.
  3. Add the sun-dried tomatoes, Parmesan cheese, and nuts if you are using them.
  4. Season with salt and pepper, store in a sealed container, and keep chilled in the cooler.
  5. You can eat it cold and right out of the container. No stove is required!