When I was reviewing The List, I was surprised that I hadn’t blogged about this recipe yet, because I made it long before this blog was even imagined. This is not your grandmother’s pasta salad. I should know – I’ve perused enough old church cookbooks to know what your grandmother’s pasta salad probably contained. The pesto gives this dish a nice, summery flavor, and it could easily be replicated in the dead of winter when you miss fresh basil, as pesto can be easily frozen. It’s also a nice way to sneak some spinach into a dish without making it overly spinachy. It could be combined with grilled chicken or salmon, served as a side dish at a barbecue, or just used as a meatless meal on its own, which is how we ate it.
Recipe from Barefoot Contessa Parties!
PS It must be P week here. First Peas with Pancetta and Pecorino, and now this. Peter Piper picked a peck of…
