Larry's Kitchen
🍳 Pasta Pesto
🦁 Why Larry Likes This One
Larry loves the green sauce that coats all the pasta!
Serves
4
Prep
5 min
Cook
15 min
Level
⭐ Easy
⚠️ Allergen Information
🌾Gluten (Cereals)🥛Milk🌰Nuts (Tree Nuts)
Always check ingredient labels every time you cook. Ingredients can change. If your child has a diagnosed food allergy, follow their healthcare team's advice.
🥕 Ingredients
- •300 g pasta
- •4 tbsp pesto
- •8 cherry tomatoes
- •125 g mozzarella
- •4 leaves basil
- •1 tbsp olive oil
🔧 Equipment
saucepancolanderchopping boardknife
📝 Method
- 1Adult: boil water and cook the pasta for 12 minutes.
- 2Adult: drain the pasta.
- 3Stir in the pesto.
- 4Adult: halve the cherry tomatoes.
- 5Tear the mozzarella.
- 6Add the tomatoes and mozzarella to the pasta.
- 7Drizzle with olive oil and scatter basil.
🦁 My Jobs
- ✓ Stir the pesto
- ✓ Halve tomatoes
- ✓ Tear mozzarella
- ✓ Scatter basil
👨👩👧 Grown-Up Jobs
- ⚠️ Boil water
- ⚠️ Drain hot pasta
- ⚠️ Use a sharp knife
⚠️ Food Safety
- • Check pesto label — many contain nuts and dairy
- • Adult must handle boiling water
🧩 Try It Your Way
Try adding cooked chicken, peas or sun-dried tomatoes.
