Pasta Pesto

I personally believe in time saving appliances. If God made a person smart enough to invent it, why shouldn't we use it? I also believe in a quality meal in as little time as possible. We're all busy with a million things to do & it seems everything is established by being somewhere with someone at a specified time and place. So -- we still have to eat, and McDonalds? Really? That's not even an option in my house.

Here is a quick easy & delicious meal.

1. Package of Knorr's Pesto Sauce Mix.

2. 1 # Pasta

3. 1/4 C Estra Virgin Olive Oil

4. 3/4 C Water

5. Enough salted water to cook pasta

Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Cook pasta according to package directions.

While pasta is cooking. Add 3/4 c water & 1/4 c extra virgin olive oil in small pot. Wisk pesto mix in with oil & water. Bring Pesto sauce to a boil stirring constantly. Turn heat down and continue cooking for another 5 minutes. By the time the pasta is cooked your sauce is ready. Drain pasta & mix in sauce.

That's it. It is delicious, quick, easy and can be done for under $10.

The pasta can be your entree served with salad and garlic bread, or you can use it as a side dish. This recipe will serve between 3 and 4 as an entree. As a general rule of thumb pasta will double in size after cooking. Most restaurants will serve about 9 oz of cooked pasta per person as an entree. One pesto sauce mix contains about 3 servings, so add packets if you are serving more than 3.