This post may contain affiliate links.Please read our disclosure policy.Pesto pasta is one of those recipes that sounds fancy but is honestly one of the easiest dinners you can make! Toss homemade basil pesto with a big bowl of spaghetti and you’ve got something that tastes way better than it has any right to for a 20-minute meal.

Love a simple pasta recipe? You need to try our Homemade Alfredo Pasta as well as our Creamy Lemon Pasta and our CREAMY Pesto Pasta (similar to this one but with heavy cream)! Why you’ll love this basil pesto pasta! This is one of our go-to summer recipes on busy weeknights when we just need dinner on the table fast! Plus, I almost always have a bunch of basil just waiting to be used from my little garden.If you’re new to making fresh pesto at home, you’re going to LOVE IT! It’s one of those things that is TRULY so much better than store-bought and I’m positive you’ll never go back :) Why You’ll Love This Ready in 20 minutes – pasta cook time included Uses homemade pesto that genuinely blows store-bought out of the water Simple ingredients, nothing obscure Easily customizable with whatever add-ins you have on hand Works with any pasta shape you’ve got in the pantry Ingredients needed The full list of ingredients for this easy recipe are listed fully down in the recipe card but let’s briefly go over the pantry staples needed including a few substitutions you can make as desir

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