This simple pesto recipe is the first step in making your new favorite pasta For seasoned cooks and kitchen novices, cookbook author and nutritionist Robin Miller takes it back to basics with ...

Pesto pasta starts with a simple, five ingredient pesto. The other three ingredients make it memorable. Here's how to make the perfect summer dinner.

“Pesto” is a thick green sauce that can be customized to one’s taste. It can be used on salads, and sauces for pizza and pasta meals. An accompaniment to fish, beef, chicken and vegetables.

In an 8-inch-square baking dish, spread 1/4 cup of the ricotta, and top with 4 lasagna noodles, overlapping them a little. Spread half of the pesto over the noodles, then half of the ricotta.

Pesto stans might want to drizzle in a little more, but taste as you go. At the very end, I stir in a caprese-like mix of marinated mozzarella, juicy, sweet cherry tomatoes and fresh mint.

Pesto is excellent on about anything. Grilled meats, crostini, drizzled on top of caprese salad, as a sauce for pizza and the list goes on. I can eat it by the spoonful.

Pesto is excellent on about anything. Grilled meats, crostini, drizzled on top of caprese salad, as a sauce for pizza and the list goes on. I can eat it by the spoonful.

Basil.Fresh basil makes up the bulk of the pesto, so you need about 2 cups of the leaves. When shopping, look for bright green basil leaves that are free from wilting and browning.

This recipe makes a nice paste version of pesto. Should you want to use it as a pasta sauce or salad dressing, simply add more olive oil. Pesto is excellent on about anything.

Pesto is excellent on about anything. Grilled meats, crostini, drizzled on top of caprese salad, as a sauce for pizza and the list goes on. I can eat it by the spoonful.