Chicken basil pesto pasta salad, a fresh satisfying summer salad.

The Best Pasta Salad

Sorry if I sounded a little braggy, but this is the best pesto pasta salad that I have ever made.
I have a picky eater at home, who loves pasta but not my simple Angel hair, lemon and Olive oil salad

Perhaps the pasta shapes that makes her wants to eat more!!!

What Goes Well with Pesto Pasta?

This pesto pasta recipe can be eaten on its own without any side dishes.
Sprinkle some parmesan, roasted pine nuts and torn fresh basil leaves, that makes a delicious meal on its own.

To make a complete meal and to add more vegetables and protein to the dish, I added roasted cherry tomatoes on truss and pan seared chicken breast.


This Homemade pesto sauce is still the star ingredient!!

How To Make Pesto Pasta from Scratch?

To make this pesto pasta takes less than 30 minutes to whip up.

The ingredients are listed in the printable Recipe card below together with the descriptions on how to cook the pasta, to roast the cherry tomatoes and to pan sear the chicken.

With a bottle of Homemade Pesto sauce, all is required is to mix the pesto sauce with pasta, sliced chicken and serve with roasted tomatoes.

Do not forget to sprinkle parmesan cheese before serving. This is a MUST step to have a satisfying, delicious plate of pesto pasta.

Best Pasta to Use with Pesto?

Most pasta shapes can be used to make pesto pasta but I highly recommend to used either penne, fusilli or Rotelle.

These type of pasta either has grooves to coat with pesto sauce or holes that big enough, so the pesto sauce will be caught in between.

In saying that, if you don't have these pasta shapes, just used what ever pasta packet in your larder.

Other Pasta recipes for all Pasta lovers!!!

• Penne Pasta served with Slow cooked Beef Stroganoff
• Creamy Fettucine Chicken Alfredo
• Angel hair, Lemon and olive oil