Salad with pesto. I used to make my own basil pesto all the time but these days there are so many good store-made pesto sauces, that I just buy one in the store and use it with my favorite recipes. If you look at the ingredients list in this avocado salad, there are very few ingredients. This Pesto Chicken Caesar Salad with Tomatoes and Burrata is not your ordinary salad.
Which is why basil pesto (which has olive oil as one of its ingredients) makes a perfect salad dressing for my avocado salad. After you add the dressing to the salad, season the salad with salt and pepper, to taste. Chickpea Salad with Pesto might just be the perfect salad, perfect for family meals, potlucks and working lunches alike. You can have Salad with pesto using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Salad with pesto
- You need 1 handful of spinach.
- It's 3 handfuls of salad.
- It's 2 tsp of green pesto.
- It's of Extras (I recommend).
- Prepare of Walnuts.
- It's of Sprinkle of dried basil.
- It's of Seeds of any sort.
- You need of Nuts of any sort.
- It's of Raw mozerella (ripped up).
- You need of Chia seeds.
- It's of Tomatoes (diced).
- You need of Cucumber (diced).
This deliciously colorful Mediterranean bean salad should be a staple in any healthy meal plan. The key to making a delicious pasta salad is to replace the sharp salad dressing with a flavorful sauce, and to use cooked vegetables instead of raw. This is my favorite pasta salad of the moment. Zesty pesto, mellowed and thickened with a little mayonnaise, makes a lovely sauce.
Salad with pesto step by step
- Wash your salad and spinach. Rip the spinach into smaller pieces and put both into a mixing bowl..
- Add the green pesto and mix it together, then add the rest if the ingredients, you can add more pesto of you wish..
- To serve I sprinkle dried basil on top. And that's it, you are done yayyyy!!.
To assemble the salads, make a bed of lettuce in a large bowl, then add a generous layer of pesto-coated pasta. Add tomatoes, olives, and chunks of cheese. Spoon a good amount of dressing all over the top; it should be thin enough to seep down into the salad, not so thick it will stay on top of everything. Bring a large pot of salted water to boil for the pasta. Cook the pasta until al dente according to package directions.