This salad makes a satisfying summer meal, and you can load it up with summer veggies
Start by roasting corn in the oven and after 20 minutes add bacon and broccoli
While everything is roasting, cook the pasta al dente and toss with basil pesto
I like to use spirals because the multi-surface noodle holds onto sauces well
Add the broccoli
Stir in corn, bacon and tomatoes
Easy, tasty, good!
Summer Vegetable Pesto Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 3 oz. spiral pasta noodles
- 3 cups broccoli florets
- 2 ears corn
- 8-10 cherry or grape tomatoes halved or roasted**
- 2-3 T basil pesto {I used Rana}
- grated Parmesan cheese
- olive oil salt, pepper
- 3-4 strips bacon optional
- roasted pine nuts optional
- grilled or rotisserie chicken optiona
Instructions
- Arrange bacon strips on a parchment lined baking sheet with space in between strips.
- Place broccoli florets in spaces between strips.
- Drizzle broccoli with a touch of olive oil and season with salt & pepper. Sprinkle broccoli liberally with grated Parmesan. Roast in oven with corn for 20 minutes or until bacon is crispy and broccoli begins to char.
- Drain bacon and broccoli on paper towels.
- Meanwhile cook pasta al dente. Drain and toss with pesto to taste.
- When corn is cool enough to handle, use the easy shucking method* and then cut kernels from cob.
- Add broccoli, corn, tomatoes and bacon to pasta and more Parmesan if desired. Add optional ingredients if desired. Serve immediately or refrigerate. Serve cool or warm slightly in the microwave before serving
Notes
This recipe is enough for 2 main dish salads or 4-6 side dish salads
You can also make this salad with zoodles, Zucchini Noodles to cut carbs
Here’s another favorite summer pasta salad BLT Tortellini Salad
Enjoy summer’s bounty!
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