How to Make Pesto Pasta Salad with Senior Chef Sujana

pine nuts

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Walnuts are lower in cost and provide a similar texture.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Prepare the pasta according to your preferred method; the creator does not specify cooking time or method.

Prepare the pesto dressing by blending together parsley, basil, peanuts, parmesan cheese, olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic until smooth.

Mix the pesto dressing with the cooked pasta until well combined.

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