Cheese Tortellini Pasta Salad with Pesto and Tomatoes
Need an easy pesto pasta salad recipe? Served cold, this delicious tortellini pesto pasta salad is great for cookouts, potlucks or a simple weeknight dinner.
Equipment
- Sauce Pan This Circulon A1 Series non stick saucepan includes a glass straining lid. A great piece of cookware!
- Mixing Bowls These stainless steel mixing bowls are an essential cooking tool for every kitchen.
- Rubber Scrapers These Cuisinart rubber scraper spatulas are fantastic for fillings, batters, and so much more!
Ingredients
- 1 (9 oz. pkg.) cheese tortellini refrigerated
- 1 (8.1 oz. jar) pesto sauce
- 1 (8 oz. pkg.) pearl mozzarella
- 1 cup grape tomatoes halved
- 1/2 cup black olives whole or sliced, drained
- 1/2 cup red onion diced
- 1/2 cup roasted red pepper jarred, diced
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese shredded
Instructions
- Fill a sauce pan with water and bring to a boil. Add in the tortellini and boil for 90 seconds. (This will be less than the package directions.) After 90 seconds, promptly drain from the boiling water and transfer the pasta to a bowl of ice water to cool. Let pasta cool for 10-15 minutes.
- Drain the pasta from the ice water once cool. Transfer the drained tortellini to a large mixing bowl.
- To the bowl of tortellini, add in the pearl mozzarella, tomatoes, olives, onion and red pepper. Pour the pesto sauce over the ingredients. Using a rubber scraper, gently toss together the ingredients to coat all the ingredients with the sauce. Add in the shredded Parmesan cheese and stir together with the other ingredients.
- Cover the salad with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving.
Notes
Storage: Store any leftover pasta salad in a resealable container and refrigerate. When kept refrigerated the pasta salad will keep for up to 5 days.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 147kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 3gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 4mgSodium: 355mgPotassium: 81mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 286IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 87mgIron: 0.2mg
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