🌱 Simple Pesto Pasta with Veggies

hand holding fork and bowl of pasta with roasted veggies and pesto sauce

🌱 Simple Pesto Pasta with Veggies

You'll fall in ❤️ with our Simple Pesto Pasta with fresh, roasted vegetables. Nothing beats a light, delicious dish that's also easy and fast to make. It's summertime, baby!

Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine Americanized Italian, Italian

Prep Time 13

Cook Time 15

Total Time 28

Servings

Calories 252kcal

Author Marcie & Julie

Equipment

Vitamix or blender
Parchment paper

Ingredients

Pasta & Veggies

2 cups cherry tomatoes halved
½ - 1 red onion sliced
1 summer squash cut into semi-circles
½ Tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
16 ounce pasta we used fusilli
1 ⅔ cup pesto our pesto recipe yields this exact amount
parmesan cheese

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400°. [And take a second to start heating water for pasta]. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, toss together veggies, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Spread the veggies on the parchment paper (tomatoes cut side up). Roast for 10-15 minutes. Set aside.
Meanwhile, cook pasta according to instructions on package. Drain pasta, rinse with cold water, and pour into a large bowl.
Optional: if you are making our homemade spinach pesto, assemble all ingredients into your Vitamix/food processor/blender while you wait for the veggies and pasta. Once the pasta is done, reserve a cup or so of its water for the pesto. Then you can blend the pesto!
Add the pesto to the pasta, stir together, and then add in the veggies. Serve with parmesan cheese sprinkled atop, as desired.

Video

Notes

🍅 Cut your tomatoes length-wise so they hold their juices in better while being roasted.

🍅 Garlic Bread is the best side! My kids' favorite is Pepperidge Farm's frozen garlic bread.

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