When my garden basil goes nuts, I make pesto and keep it frozen in small containers for the right opportunity, like this ...

Q: What's green, tastes delicious on pasta (and everything else), and needs a blender? A: A pasta sauce that's easy to make ...

Here are 13 canned items you can transform into pasta sauce. Some of them are traditional Italian recipes, while others have ...

Add the pesto and ¼ cup of the pasta cooking water. Toss to coat, adding more pasta cooking water as necessary to create a silky sauce. Season to taste with salt and black pepper.

Originally published in F&W's 1998 cookbook "Quick from Scratch One-Dish Meals," this recipe for baked shells in a meaty sauce has become an enduring favorite. Swirling some basil pesto into the ...

Pesto is more than a basil-based condiment for pasta. These pesto recipes prove how versatile the sauce can be. Add other herbs and greens, swap out the nuts, and pair the sauce with all kinds of ...

T he water will help the pesto stick to the pasta and create a true “sauce.” Recipe: Classic Pesto 3 1/2 cups basil, other green or combination of basil AND another green ...

To use pesto in the classic way, as a pasta sauce, mix hot pasta with pesto to taste, adding more cheese if you like and thinning out the pesto with some pasta cooking water, if desired.