Take-out Tuesday, Summer Vegetable Pasta Salad
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!
🌽 🍅 🥗 🌽 🍅 🥗
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Rustic and Refined, Between Naps on the Porch, Gardens Galore
Coastal Charm, Cooking and Crafting with J&J, The Scoop, A Stroll Thru Life
Celebrate and Decorate, Lori’s Culinary Creations, Moonlight and Mason Jars
Full Plate Thursday Foodie Friday & Everything Else
Share it One More Time Delicious Dishes Recipe Party
Comments
23 Responses to “Take-out Tuesday, Summer Vegetable Pasta Salad”Trackbacks
Check out what others are saying...-
[…] Summer Vegetable Pasta Salad by The Painted Apron […]
-
[…] Summer Vegetable Pasta Salad is pesto based and can hold at room temperature for several hours […]
-
[…] Vegetable Pesto Pasta Salad […]
-
[…] think I’ll make a Summer Slab Tomato Pie…no, Eggplant Parmigiana Pizza…..no, Summer Vegetable Pasta Salad …..decisions, […]
-
[…] Summer Vegetable Pasta Salad […]
-
[…] Roasted Summer Vegetable Pasta Salad […]
-
[…] Roasted Summer Vegetable Pasta Pesto Salad […]
RSS - Posts
Simply delish!
Jenna, I know which blog to come to for my recipes! Yum
Jenna, any recipe with fresh corn is a winner and then if pasta happens to be in the bowl, I am happy for sure! What a beautiful and colorful salad…perfect for summer meals!
You had me at bacon!
This looks so yummy!
The most perfect summer salad…love using fresh corn in anything and it looks wonderful in this salad!
I know, I think I could eat fresh corn every day during the summer!
All of these salads look delish – I also have a spiralizer and have only used it once – never thought to use it for a salad…now my wheels are turning!!
I could live off your salad all summer long!
Johanne Lamarche
>
Whoa! This sounds amazing. Such a nice combination of healthy and splurging! I love it!
Thanks Chris! >
A great way to eat your veggies Jenna! Everything’s better with bacon and I’m looking forward to some fresh summer corn 🙂
Jenna, all I can say is “YUM,” it all looks so delicious. All of these recipes would be hits here, we love our veggies. Saving your Pesto Pasta salad recipe, I’ve got to make that!
oh how yummy! I have to pin this for later.
Thanks Angelina!
Thanks so much for sharing this delicious Vegetable Pasta Salad with us at Full Plate Thursday. Hope you and your family have a great 4th of July weekend and come back soon!
Miz Helen