I LOVE pasta and I LOVE Asparagus so when I found a recipe that combines the two of them, I knew I had to make it right away. As soon as I read the recipe from Damn Delicious, I rushed out to buy the ingredients to make it myself.
Asparagus and Mozzarella Pesto Pasta
Ingredients
- 8 ounces medium shell pasta
- 1 pound asparagus
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- ½ cup basil pesto
- ⅓ cup julienned sun dried tomatoes, drained
- ⅓ cup diced mozzarella cubes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Cook pasta according to package instructions; drain.
- Place asparagus in a single layer onto baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper and toss to combine.
- Roast asparagus in oven for 8-12 minutes. Cool before cutting into 1 inch pieces.
- In a large bowl, mix together pasta, asparagus, pesto, sun dried tomatoes and mozzarella.
- Serve immediately.
Mmmmmm! Just looking at these pictures has me craving it now! I bought a ball of mozzarella and just cut it into cubes. It immediately made the pasta gooey and cheesy.
Enjoy!
Oooh, that looks so good! I love cheesey pasta – I don’t think that I’ve ever had asparagus in pasta before. I’d like to try it!
This does look really delicious. Sounds real easy to make. I have never tried asparagus before. Would love to try this out.
I LOVE asparagus and the asparagus in the garden is just now starting to come up. There is nothing better than fresh and I bet it would be awesome in this recipe!
This sounds amazing. I love asparagus and never would’ve thought to use it in pasta!
I think pasta and cheese were kind of made to go together, so this sounds awesome to me!
Does that ever look delish! I wouldn’t have thought to combine pesto with asparagus!
I am not an asparagus fan but I am always willing to try anything if I don’t have to taste the asparagus but I can get it in me wo my taste buds knowing.
That’s one delicious looking pasta dish right there! I love pasta, and I love asparagus so this is a homerun for me. 🙂 Pinning it.
I tried asparagus for the first time this past weekend and this is perfect timing because I want more lol looks yummy!!
I saw you post this on Instagram and I wanted to eat it right out of my phone! This looks SOOOO delicious. I have been craving pasta lately and this would totally hit the spot.
Looks divine. I’m crazy about fresh asparagus.
This looks absolutely AMAZING!! I love asparagus and mozzarella together and the pesto pasta just sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing!
I have a lot of pesto in our freezer (I made it last summer.) This would be perfect! My husband isn’t a fan of just eating pesto with pasta, but he loves asparagus. Thanks for sharing!
I’m not a asparagus fan but your pasta dish looks really good! Mr. M loves asparagus so I’ll pin this for later, thanks!
Nothing is better than cheesy pasta! The asparagus is a nice spring veggie to add to it too!
The basil pesto is my favorite part of this dish! It looks very yummy.
I love this dish and must try it as soon as my basil get bigger!
This looks so delicious! I love pasta recipes because they are so quick and easy. Going to try this one!
Oh man, this is going on the menu for next week!
SOLD! I will have to try this when the hubby is not here- he is a wimp and doesn’t eat asparagus.
Mozzarella is my favorite cheese, especially on pasta! I’d love to dive into a GINORM bowl of that right now. I’m starving!!!
That looks so delicious and I am so hungry now!!
All my favorite items in 1 dish! I am headed to making a pasta dish for dinner right now because of you!
thanks,
Mitch
I love asparagus and pasta, too! This looks delicious!
that sounds delicious, although I don’t eat pasta. I’ll take the asparagus
This dish looks amazing I want to make it. We love asparagus in this house as well
Oh that really does look fabulous! No wonder you wanted to make it so soon!
This definitely looks super yummy! I may have to give this one a try myself.
Admittedly, I am not a big fan of pasta (I know, what’s wrong with me? lol) But this dish looks really delicious. Maybe because I love both asparagus and sun dried tomatoes. Plus it’s vegetarian, so it’s definitely on my radar!
That looks scrumptious and I haven’t eaten dinner yet so now my mouth is literally watering at the sight of that dish. Think I need to go to the store now to get a few ingredients. Thanks for sharing 🙂
I don’t care for asparagus. My husband would love this recipe, however!
That looks delicious! Love that it’s easy to make!
Oh, this looks tasty! I’m going to try it.
Yummy! I love asparagus. I love mozzarella. I love pasta. I think I will definitely be trying this recipe sometime soon.
Love the colors on the plate! Cheese and pasta, can’t beat it!
That Asparagus and Mozzarella Pesto Pasta looks delicious and pretty easy to make too! I Love asparagus and Mozzarella!
Looks delicious and easy to make. Thanks for sharing.
that looks so fresh and delicious. we love a good pasta dish
That looks amazing. I love asparagus and I’ve been buying them the past few weeks at the grocery – so it seems like they are in season. Would you recommend the white and/or purple asparagus for this too?
This doesn’t just look good – it looks Damn Delicious! 🙂 I know what I’m having for dinner tonight!!
I love pesto pasta. It’s just so light and refreshing. This looks really great.
Asparagus? Mozzerella? Pasta? Sign me up! I love all three I’ll have to make this over th eweekend.
This looks delicious. I am always looking for new pasta ideas.
This looks TOTALLY delicious! I pinned for later- going to try this one!
This looks really delish! Between the basil pesto & the julienned sun dried tomatoes this would be a hit in my house. Love dishes like this. Easy ingredients and simple to follow recipe!
Yum! There is some great, fresh asparagus at my farmer’s market. I’ll have to try this!
I’ve never tried asparagus with pasta but paired with pesto I can see this turning out to be yummy!
Well that sounds (and looks) absolutely awesome! I love fresh asparagus!
This dish looks so delicious and healthy. I would love to make this for my family, and it looks like an easy dish to make. Thanks for sharing an awesome recipe.
This looks so good! I love that it fresh asparagus season. Pasta is one of our go to dishes. So I know this would be a hit with the family. Thanks for the recipe!
This looks so yummy and since I do like asparagus this would be a good healthy meal
Ohhh…this looks so good! I love asparagus! Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Wow this looks so delicious! I am definitely going to have to try this! Thanks for the post 🙂
looks delicious! thank you for the recipe
This looks so good always trying to find new recipes with pasta and we love asparagus and adding the mozzarella and pesto sounds amazing.
yum! I wish I had some of this right now. it looks great
This looks so good and easy to make! Thank you for posting! I can’t wait to try it! 🙂
I am a salad lover and would rather eat a salad than anything else at a meal. This looks so delicious that I am going to have to make it this next week.
This looks delicious, I don’t think I have ever had a pasta dish with asparagus in it. This is definitely something I would love to try. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
mmmm this is a nice combination of ingredients. I could making this for a luncheon, and just for a side dish, too.
I love basil pesto and asparagus. I don’t know why I haven’t paired them together before. Shrimp would taste great on this as well.