I made this pasta last night for my family and I just had to share with you all. I found a recipeĀ that is for homemade pesto. I would love to make my own but my blender broke on me while making my enchilada sauce š¦ so I picked up some already made pesto sauce instead. I struggle so much coming up with meals for my picky eaters and it’s hard to get a meal to stick in the normal weekly rotation. My husband andĀ 2 year oldĀ really loved this pasta, so I’m thinking it’s a keeper! yay!! I’m excited because it was really easy!
Ingredients:
- pasta (angel hair, bow tie, penne, tortellini or macaroni. I used bow tie and cheese tortellini)
- Buitoni basil pesto sauce
- 1/2 pint of heavy whipping cream
- tbsp. of butter
- 1/4 of shredded parmesan cheese
*optional ingredients- you can add broccoli or chicken.
Instructions:
Get your water boiling for your pasta. if you’re doing tortellini and bow tie like I did, I just threw it all in the pot together. Add salt for flavor and a lil olive oil so it doesn’t all stick together.
Boil up some broccoli in a separate pot.
I cubed up some chicken and seasoned them with Italian seasonings and Lawry salts and fried them up in a pan.
Now let’s get to the good stuff, the sauce. Heat up a half pint of whipping cream on medium, once heated to a simmer, add butter. I just put in a glob, but it was about a tbsp. stir til butter is melted with a whisk. Add container of pesto sauce and whisk to combine. Once everything is whisked really well, add parmesan cheese and whisk to combine until melted. about 5-10 mins. Now add it to your pasta and enjoy!
This sauce was like gold, I saved the left overs and added it to some whole wheat angel hair for lunch. Pesto always taste better to me the next day.
Thanks for stopping by!
J
Refer to original recipe if you want to make the pesto from scratch: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2011/06/pasta-with-pesto-cream-sauce/
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