Reviewed: Jul. 2, 2008

A friend brought this to my house and it was wonderful. I've since made it twice and have been asked numerous times for the recipe. It is perfect the way it stated in the recipe. The only deviation I had was to go ahead and mix the bag of spinach in at the end, instead of serving over the spinach. WONDERFUL!

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SCrofford

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Reviewed: Jun. 15, 2008

Great and simple recipe. So easy to throw together and everyone loves it. The recipe itself is great but I have also made some substitutions due to lack of ingrediants in the house. Once I even just mixed some fresh pesto with mayo, added salt and pepper and that was it for the dressing. Still turned out great!

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heather joy

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Home Town: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Reviewed: Jun. 9, 2008

DELICIOUS! I didn't even wait for this salad to get cold before eating a small bowl! I followed the recipe as stated except for the olives (didn't have any). Also, my frozen tortellini cooked in 3-4 minutes.

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GodivaGirl

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Home Town: Youngstown, Ohio, USA

Living In: Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

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Reviewed: May 16, 2008

Absolutely delicious! And so simple to make. I actually found a basil pesto that had lots of garlic mixed in with it so I didn't need to add the chopped cloves. This was a huge hit with my boyfriend!

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shannon

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Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2008

This salad is awesome! The creamy basil sauce is simple to make, nice light flavor, not overpowering...Perfect! I added baby tomatoes to the recipe as well and used black olives instead of green, my three kids loved it!

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dndatwell

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Reviewed: Apr. 12, 2008

Like other reviewers, I didn't use the milk either because I thought the dressing would have turned out too watery for my taste. The result was delicious and we ate it plain, without serving it over spinach.

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Melanie

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Reviewed: Sep. 20, 2007

Everyone loved it! I doubled the recipe, but only used 3/4 cup of mayo. Enjoy!

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NTROPPI

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Reviewed: Sep. 8, 2007

This dressing is SO good! It tastes like it came from an Italian deli. I followed the recommendation below to omit the mayo and milk. Thanks for sharing.

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Reviewed: Sep. 1, 2007

I omitted the olives and finely chopped the veggies. When I make this salad, every last bite gets eaten. Very hearty and good for a crowd.

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Reviewed: Aug. 26, 2007

I thought this was wonderful I have made it twice and everyone loved it. i made a few changes by adding sun dried tomatoes and just using regular pasta as a side. BIG HIT EVERYTIME THUS FAR!

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laura

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Reviewed: Jul. 17, 2007

Delicious! I'm going to try this pesto sauce on everything now!

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sabesi

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Living In: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 13, 2007

This is a good recipe, that is not so generic, like so many of your other pasta salad recipes. I followed the recipe completly, except I used roasted red peppers (from a jar) instead of the fresh ones, and I ommited the olives. It was tasty and I received compliments on it from some very picky and not so darring diners. Thanks for the recipe and everyone else who submits recipes, reviews and hints.

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gary olson

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Reviewed: Sep. 3, 2006

This recipe just didn't do it for me. I thought the pesto flavor was too strong and there weren't enough vegetables for all the tortellini.

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Cat Berner

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Home Town: Immokalee, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 25, 2005

Substituted 1 lg red pepper (coarse chopped), reduced broccoli & carrot by 1/4. Omitted olives (wife hates them), split the quantity of pesto between basil pesto and sundried tomato pesto, added cubed proccuito. Absolutely the best pasta salad I have ever tasted!

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Lance

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Home Town: Morgan Hill, California, USA

Living In: Tracy, California, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 9, 2005

I was looking for a pasta salad with a twist and I definitely got what I was looking for! This salad was a HUGE hit - with several people asking me for the recipe. I made it exactly to recipe, but added halved cherry tomatoes. Wonderful!

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amyd

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Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2005

Due to the amount of pesto used (and the garlic it contains), I omitted the extra clove, and it was still a bit overpowering. I wanted a unique pasta salad to splurge with, but this may not have been worth the calories to us. Nice to try something different, though!

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