Summer pesto salad

Name: Summer pesto salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1/2 yellow onion raw or sautéed; 1 red Apple, chopped in cubes; Half a cucumber; 0.5 Green onion; 1 cup walnuts, broken up and sautéed; 4 ounces dry bowtie pasta; Half a jar of pesto sauce (for vegan recipe, make sure it is without parmesan); 1 tbs lemon juice; Fresh herbs (rosemary, basil, oregano…); 1 tbs olive oil

6 steps

Prep:10minCook:15min

My favourite way to eat pesto, put together by multiple of my friends’ recipes from my time in Paris. Very versatile and always delicious. Add in whatever fresh ingredients you have and serve cold! Also great as a side, and vegan-friendly!

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:02:21 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories1068.6 kcal (53%)

Total Fat81.9 g (117%)

Carbs70.1 g (27%)

Sugars14.7 g (16%)

Protein24 g (48%)

Sodium108.8 mg (5%)

Fiber10.7 g (38%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

2 servings

0.5yellow onion

raw or sautéed

1red apple

chopped in cubes

0.5cucumber

0.5green onion

1 cupwalnuts

broken up and sautéed

4 ouncesbowtie pasta

dry

0.5 jarpesto sauce

for vegan recipe, make sure it is without parmesan

1 Tbslemon juice

fresh herbs

rosemary, basil, oregano

1 Tbsolive oil

Instructions

Step 1

Boil pasta in salted water for roughly 7 minutes

CooktopHeat

Step 2

Chop veggies in small cubes, apples in larger cubes

Knife

Step 3

Drain, rinse and leave pasta to cool

Step 4

Drizzle oil in the pasta pot, and fry walnuts until golden and fragrant. Add in salt and pepper to taste. (You can also fry onions with walnuts for a sweeter taste, or keep them raw for a more acidic bite)

Step 5

Combine pasta and vegetables with sauce, oil and lemon juice. Mix thoroughly.

Step 6

Enjoy! Add in any fresh ingredients you have handy, any herbs, tomatoes, crumbled cheeses… etc!