The perfect picnic pasta! This 5 Ingredient Summer Pesto Pasta is packed with chicken, cucumbers, tomatoes and covered in tasty pesto sauce.
5 Ingredient Summer Pesto Pasta
I grew up on this pesto pasta and my Mama’s Enchiladas. These recipes were my mother’s go-to recipes and I still make them all the time for my husband. I used to bring this 5 Ingredient Summer Pesto Pasta as my lunch in grade school and the cool girls would beg me to give them bites! That’s right, this pasta is so delicious it got the cool kids to talk to me. That’s a miracle pasta right there. And to make it even better, it’s only takes 5 ingredients and about 10 minutes to whip up!
Easiest Pesto Pasta Ever.
My mother was/is the queen of simple and delicious meals that are easy on the wallet. I have nicknamed this pasta my Costco Pasta because I pick up 3 of the 5 ingredients at Costco. I grab a rotisserie chicken, a container of cherry tomatoes and a jar of pesto when I’m there! If you haven’t tried the pesto from Costco you are missing out! It’s a big bottle for the price you’ll pay for a tiny one at the grocery store and it’s really good! I’ll have a little left over after I make this 5 Ingredient Summer Pesto Pasta but I’ll use it on a panini to make my grilled cheese suuuuper fancy. Or I’ll use it when I roast veggies later in the week. Either way, Costco comes to the rescue with this easy dinner recipe!
I call this a summer pasta, but I make it all year round. So don’t shy away from making this in the winter months! It’s too easy and tasty to only eat during the summer months!
Summer Pesto Pasta Recipe
I mention in the recipe that we usually eat this pasta cold. Yes, sometimes as a kid we would eat it right after my mother would make it but more often she made it in the middle of the day when she had time or even the day before. It’s such a great cold pasta and it makes a perfect Summer Pasta recipe! It’s mayo-free so it won’t spoil in the sun and if you bring it chilled, it helps to keep your guests cool on these hot days.
Enjoy my Mom’s 5 Ingredient Summer Pesto Pasta!
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Quick and easy recipes always a bonus on busy days. Actually just made a double batch of fresh pesto with some lovely Italian basil I purchased at one of our local farms as I like to keep a supply of pesto in the freezer for the winter months. We’ve only tried jarred pesto once but found the taste off putting not to mention an unattractive green colour. Mind you, Kirkland products are well known as reliable and tasty so their jarred pesto could change our minds.
Have to say two cups of pesto seems like an awful lot for a pasta salad. Would cut that back when making as even though we love pesto, it can be pretty over powering in large amounts.
I agree, Joycelyn – 2 cups seems overpowering. And good for you making pesto from scratch…I started growing, preparing & freezing mine also, 18 years ago, and it runs circles around any jarred product I’ve tried (and I’ve tried them all.
If I had room for a garden I would grow tons of basil and be making homemade pesto all the time!
You can of course adjust the amount of pesto to your liking! I LOVE homemade pesto it’s so much fun to make and eat. I don’t like any other store bought pesto other Costco, the others DO have a weird taste!
Lizzy, Speaking of weird tasting herbal recipes, nothing beats this one … the restaurant-made ‘mint sauce’ I once received to accompany my order of roast lamb. It was really chopped cooked spinach with mint extract & vinegar. My friend, a chef, agreed it was the weirdest food fakeout.
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