Popping in with a super quick and easy recipe today! Pesto pasta is a staple in our dinner rotation this year, and we’re always changing it up. Plain pasta with pesto, adding in tomatoes, or mozzarella, or sausage, or all of the above. A few weeks ago though, we decided to do something a little special and “splurged” on tortellini instead of regular pasta.
I feel like this can hardly be classified as a recipe because it just entailed putting pesto on tortellini and adding some chopped tomatoes, but I wanted to share it in case you were looking for something extremely easy, and super comforting. So next time you want to change up your pasta routine, splurge on some tortellini! Adding pesto and tomatoes like we did is delicious, but you could also add sausage for some more protein, or toss them in red sauce if that’s more your speed
Pesto Tortellini
Ingredients
- 2 packages of Aldi cheese tortellini (I think in total this was 6 servings)
- 1/2 jar pesto
- 1 carton of cherry tomatoes
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Boil tortellini according to package directions, and save about 1/2 cup of pasta water before draining
- Chop cherry tomatoes into halves or quarters (depending on your preference)
- Add pesto to tortellini, adding pasta water to loosen the sauce if necessary
- Add tomatoes and some shredded cheese (or any other mix ins) and enjoy!
College Cooking with Celia 