Dinner

Pesto Pasta Salad is for Dinner.

Pesto Pasta Salad takes 5 minutes to prepare.

Pesto Pasta Salad takes 30 minutes to cook.

Pesto Pasta Salad makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Pesto Pasta Salad are:

16 oz dry pasta (I prefer bow tie or mini bow tie)
.5 cup pesto sauce (my favorite is the pesto sauce from costco)
4T chopped sun dried tomatoes
1/4 cup Pine Nuts- toasted
.5 cup Feta Cheese
4T Parmesan Cheese
Chicken- I use 1 whole rotisserie chicken from costco, but you could use the same amount of chicken tenders.

Here is how you make Pesto Pasta Salad:

1. Remove skin and bones from chicken (or grill if using raw chicken) and then dice into small pieces.2. Cook pasta as directed on package and drian.3. Mix cooked pasta with pesto sauce & sun dried tomatoes until throughly coated.5. Let cool if planning on serving as a cold dish as to not melt the cheese when added. If serving warm mix immediately. 4. Then mix in Feta and Parm Cheese, pine nuts, and chicken. 5. Serve and enjoy!!! **I also like to serve with fresh baby spinach and/or slice of breadServing Size:?This makes 8 servingsNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JAPITTARD.

The nutritional information for Pesto Pasta Salad is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 493.1

• Total Fat: 21.0 g
• Cholesterol: 131.4 mg
• Sodium: 720.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 45.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.6 g
• Protein: 33.8 g