Pesto Pasta with Chevre and Cherry Tomatoes

Hey wonderful readers! I'm sharing with you my all-time favourite quick, mid-week meal. It takes about 20 minutes or less to prepare and it's extremely tasty. First of all, I suggest you purchase one of these small little chopper gizmos at the dollar store for around $10 because they really help with making your own pesto (trust me, once you try home made pesto you will never want to eat store-bought pesto again)

The beauty of the pesto recipe that I'll be sharing is that there are no measuring cups or spoons used, which makes this dinner very quick to make and less dishes for you as well :)

Ingredients:
-1 bunch of basil
-1 handful of pine nuts (you can toast them if you wish)
-1 handful of parmesan
-half a clove of garlic
-a drizzle of olive oil
Directions:
Place all the ingredients into the chopper. Put on high until mixed. You can add a bit of lemon juice or salt and pepper if you wish.

This is a handy little visual reference for the pesto.

Now onto the pasta recipe

Ingredients:

-2 batches of pesto

-half a 900 gram bag of pasta

-1 package of cherry tomatoes, quartered

-113 gram of package of chevre

Directions:

Put on a large pot of water on high heat until it boils, add pasta and cook until done. Meanwhile, prepare pesto with chopper and cut the cherry tomatoes into quarters. When pasta is finished, drain it and put it back into the pot. Add pesto and cherry tomatoes. If you want, you can add another sprinkling of parmesan to the pasta. Crumble the chevre with a fork into the pasta and serve. Should yield 4 servings.

Nutritional Information:
(per serving): 518.75 calories, 13.55 grams of fat, 66.9 grams of carbohydrates, 3.9 grams of fiber, 171 mg of sodium, 4.25 grams of sugar,  19 grams of protein