Lemon pesto pasta

Lemon Pesto Pasta is an easy recipe that combines the zesty brightness of lemons with the aromatic fresh basil pesto and your favorite noodles.

Classic lemon pasta (“pasta al limone” in Italian) is one of the easiest dishes you can make in less than 20 minutes and guaranteed to become a lemony, buttery, amply cheesy repeat favorite!

This creamy lemon pesto pasta recipe features a no-cook sauce made from fresh lemon zest, lemon juice, pine nuts, herbs, and plenty of cheese. It's an easy dinner that comes together in just about 30 minutes.

When Trader Joe’s revealed Lemon Pesto as one of their upcoming summer products, I just assumed it would be in the refrigerated section. But as you can see, it’s not. It’s shelf stable. If you’re a home cook who usually has lemons and parm (or Pecorino Romano) around, this product probably won’t be for you. It’s easy enough to make a quick lemon sauce with some pasta water and call it good. But if you just want something fast, done in basically the time it takes to boil noodles? Trader Joe’s…

Grilled Chicken and Asparagus Pesto Pasta is perfect for summer! Simple ingredients, but tons of flavor thanks to grilling and the pesto lemon sauce.

This quick 20-minute Lemon Spinach Pasta uses just 9 ingredients for a light and lemony meal without cream. Bright lemon, spinach, garlic, and red pepper flakes make it fresh and flavorful.

This Lemon Pesto Pasta is an easy 4-ingredient, 20-minute weeknight dinner that uses your favorite pesto, lemons, pasta, and pine nuts.

Light, yet full of flavor, this pesto is perfect tossed with hot spaghetti for a quick dinner.

This is my Trader Joe’s New Lemon Pesto Sauce But Better, AND it even also uses extra virgin olive oil instead of sunflower oil. I call that a win-win! Hope you love it as much as we did!