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Pesto pasta salad

Serves 8
30 minutes
Difficulty Easy
9 Ingredients

This pesto pasta salad is a light and refreshing salad for a BBQ.

Ingredients (serves 8)

2 1/2 Cups Dried pasta
1 Cup Pitted kalamata olives
1 Medium Red capsicum, chopped
3 Green onions, sliced
80g Baby spinach
250g Mini Roma tomatoes, sliced
1 Medium Avocado, chopped
1/3 Cup Basil pesto
2 Tbsp Lemon juice

Method

Cook pasta following packet directions, refresh under cold water and drain
Place pasta, olives, capsicum, onion, spinach, tomato and avocado in a bowl.
Place pesto and lemon juice in a small bowl, mix and season with salt and pepper.
Toss gently the dressing with the salad and serve.

72 Comments
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- - mom57808 said
  - 18 Mar 2015
    8:07 am
mmmm yummm love pasta of any kind

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- - Faye said
  - 18 Mar 2015
    5:10 am
Very tasty!

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- - bubble6369 said
  - 18 Mar 2015
    12:54 am
looks so yummy and fresh!

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- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 17 Mar 2015
    10:36 pm
I really must try this!

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- - mom57522 said
  - 17 Mar 2015
    9:20 pm
This salad looks so very inviting!

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- - mish06 said
  - 17 Mar 2015
    6:42 pm
Yummo. Made this for lunch and added shredded chicken. Thanks for sharing
- mom93821 replied
  
  18 Mar 2015 , 8:56 am
  Adding shredded chicken to this yummy looking salad is such a good idea!
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- - tammykilby said
  - 17 Mar 2015
    5:50 pm
I love pasta this looks delicious..

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- - vanyadhanya said
  - 17 Mar 2015
    2:29 pm
so fresh and delicious

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- - kymichelle said
  - 17 Mar 2015
    11:25 am
This looks really delicious and I have everything except the spinach to make it today! I need more of these tasty, healthy recipes.

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- - mom93821 said
  - 17 Mar 2015
    10:34 am
I love the look of this pasta salad; it has some of my favourite ingredients. A salad that could go with BBQ meat or be eaten on its own for lunch or dinner.

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