{"id":53078,"date":"2019-05-18T12:42:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T16:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.freshdirect.com\/?p=53078"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:51:13","slug":"rotini-pesto-pasta-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/rotini-pesto-pasta-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotini Pesto Pasta Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"st\">This creamy pesto pasta recipe is rich and creamy and stars Banza pasta for a healthy, fiber-rich twist.<br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53079 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.freshdirect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Untitled-design164.png\" alt=\"Untitled design(164)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Untitled-design164.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Untitled-design164-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Untitled-design164-260x260.png 260w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Untitled-design164-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Untitled-design164-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Untitled-design164-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>What You&#8217;ll Need<\/strong><br \/>\n1 box Banza rotini<br \/>\n3 ounces fresh basil leaves (about 2 \u00bd packed cups)<br \/>\n1 garlic clove<br \/>\n2 tbsp lemon juice<br \/>\n1 tsp lemon zest<br \/>\n\u00bd tsp salt, divided<br \/>\n\u00bd cup pine nuts, divided<br \/>\n\u00be cup Sir Kensington\u2019s Fabanaise, or mayonnaise<br \/>\n\u00be cup fresh tomatoes<br \/>\n2 cups arugula<\/p>\n<p><strong>What To Do<\/strong><br \/>\nCook Banza according to instructions on the package. Drain, rinse and set aside in a large bowl.<\/p>\n<p>In the bottom of a food processor, add basil, garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest, \u00bc teaspoon salt, and 1 tablespoon pine nuts. Pulse until pureed. If needed, scrape down the sides of the mixer with a spatula. Add in fabanaise or mayo, and process until combined. Season with salt and pepper.<\/p>\n<p>Add pesto to the pasta. Toss until completely coated. Add in remaining salt, pine nuts, tomatoes and arugula. Season to taste with salt and pepper.<\/p>\n<p><em>This post was done in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/browse.jsp?pageType=browse&amp;id=gro_pasta_pasta&amp;pageSize=30&amp;all=false&amp;activePage=1&amp;sortBy=Sort_CustomerFavoritesFirst&amp;orderAsc=true&amp;activeTab=product&amp;brandFilterGroup=bd_banza\">Banza<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This creamy pesto pasta recipe is rich and creamy and stars Banza pasta for a healthy, fiber-rich twist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69275,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2743,1621,2732],"tags":[3204,3203,561],"class_list":["post-53078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-partners","category-easy-diy","category-recipes","tag-banza","tag-chickpeas","tag-pasta"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53078"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53081,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53078\/revisions\/53081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}