White Bean and Arugula Pesto Salad
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Recipe type: Cooking for a Crowd, Cooking for One or Two, Worknight Dinners
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Serves: 4-6
 
Ingredients
  • Coarse salt and ground pepper
  • ¾ pound gemelli or other short pasta
  • 1 can (15 ounces) cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
  • ¾ cup crumbled fresh goat cheese or feta (3 ounces)
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • 1 bunch arugula (8 ounces), torn
  • ½ small red onion, thinly sliced
Instructions
  1. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente. Drain pasta and rinse under cold water. In a large bowl, toss pasta with beans and cheese.
  2. Make dressing: In a bowl, whisk together oil, vinegar, and mustard and season with salt and pepper. (To store, refrigerate pasta mixture and dressing separately, up to 1 day.) To serve, toss pasta mixture with dressing, arugula, and onion.
Recipe by In Good Taste at http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/white-bean-and-arugula-pasta-salad/