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(Pictured here pre-spinach because I didn't have a camera when I mixed it in at the party!)
Basil and Sun Dried Tomato Tortellini Pasta Salad
Ingredients 2 (13ox) pkgs tortellini cooked to package directions then cooled
3 plum tomatoes, chopped
1/2 to 1/3 red onion, diced
pesto:
1 large bunch fresh basil (I used the whole package from the grocery), roughly chopped
1 lemon, juiced
1 tsp minced garlic
4 sun dried tomatoes packed in oil, drained and chopped
1 Tbsp water
1 tsp Turbinado sugar
1/4 cup good quality extra virgin olive oil
salt and pepper, to taste
add in at the end:
1 6oz package of reduced fat feta cheese, crumbled
1/2 package fresh baby spinach, about 5 oz
Directions
1) Mix the tortellini through the red onion. 2) In a blender mix the pesto ingredients. 3) Stir the pesto into the tortellini mixture and then fold in the feta and spinach (if the salad is going to be eaten later leave the spinach out and add it right before serving) |
