Pesto Parm Pasta

Oh, how I love alliteration! Pesto-Parm-Pasta. Mmmm, sound good simply saying it!

Another picture-less recipe, but it's what I've got. This is what my lunch is for the next few days—I bought five re-useable containers to use for lunches/ to-go suppers, so this is one of my first pre-made sets.

This is an adaptation of this recipe. Morse specifically, one of the comments made about it.

Here's what I made.

1 jar (small, maybe a cup?) of pre-made pesto

3/4 onion, diced finely

3 cloves garlic, diced finely

1 cup (really two handfulls, what ever that works out to) whole grape/cherry tomatoes

full handfull pasta (linguine is my favourite)

water to boil

garlic salt to taste

drizzle olive oil to prevent sticking

sprinkle  shreddded parmesan cheese

Throw all sauce ingredients save for tomatoes into pan, stir together and heat thoroughly. Prepare pasta, draining and setting aside when finished. When sauce has bubbled together, add tomatoes and cook for a few more minutes—tomatoes should look tight, but not burst (yet. That's the fun part of eating them!).

Mix pasta into sauce, coat evenly. 

Here's where I split this up into portions for to-go containers, parm in separate ones, but it would easily serve four or so people right away, too, assembled and dished out.

As always, these measurements are never exact—I don't think I ever measure what I put in, especially if I'm coming up with something new. Play with the amounts/ingredients until you find what works for you and yours!

Another note—all together, this was relatively cheap for me. When I did my shopping for the whole week, it was barely under $35.00 this week, and I did buy other things…I'd estimate this all cost about $20.00, so for the five servings I got, $4.00 each. Not bad—certainly better than a restaurant, and you control what goes in!