Caprese Pesto Pasta Salad

Are you looking for a great Pasta Salad to bring to your next get-together? Look no further! This Caprese Pesto Pasta Salad brings together the lovely flavors of a Caprese Salad and a powerful Pesto punch! Better yet, it is super easy to throw together– so easy that you might find yourself throwing together a bowl or two for lunch.

This salad’s original inspiration began from the Pasta Pesto & Cherry Tomatoes recipe I found in Gooseberry Patch’s Rush-Hour Recipes.

After making the recipe, I knew I was going to love having it as a regular for a quick side or lunch! And I knew ways that I wanted to tweak the original to make it my own.

So I kept the pasta, the pesto and the basic idea, but I switched out the cherry tomatoes for some fresh from the farmstand Indiana tomatoes and turned in the shredded mozzarella for a ball of fresh mozzarella and boy, oh boy am I in love!

I finished it off by garnishing it with some fresh (boxwood) Basil and a splash of Balsamic Vinegar…

I just love a GOODe pasta salad, don’t you?

I remember one vacation as a teenager with my parents that  I asked to buy the ingredients to keep a batch in our hotel’s refrigerator!

Adolescent obsession aside, this particular pasta salad recipe is now on my regular rotation.

Do you have a favorite Pasta Salad recipe? I’d love to hear it!

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