I’m so happy to have Kelly from Eat Yourself Skinny guest posting for me today. Not only is Kelly the sweetest girl on the planet, but she also has a wonderful blog with great photography and healthy, easy to make recipes! If you haven’t seen her blog, go check it out ASAP! With that, I’ll turn it over to Kelly! She cooked up something that looks so delicious, and perfect for these hot summer days! Show her some love!
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Hi friends! I’m Kelly from Eat Yourself Skinny and I’m SO excited to be guest posting for Rachel’s fabulous blog! Thank you so much for having me! I was lucky enough to have her guest post for me recently and she made some delicious Blueberry-Strawberry Muffins that were such a huge hit…mmm! Not only are Rachel’s recipes amazing and so delicious, her blog Not Rachael Ray is crazy fun to read and definitely one of my favorites
(See what I mean when I said she is the sweetest person on the planet?!? –From Rachel)
The dish I chose to share with you is one I’ve wanted to make for a while now and I found this recipe while watching the gorgeous Giada De Laurentiis on Food Network. I mean, you can’t go wrong with one of HER recipes right?? This linguine has so many amazing flavors and the use of lemon was incredible! I loved this pasta dish because there is absolutely no heavy cream or butter and everything tastes amazingly fresh. Oh and did I mention this was super easy to whip up and took me no longer than 10 minutes??
Yep it’s pretty awesome.
Best part about this dish is that it yields SO many leftovers and we found that it actually tastes just as great cold! Reminded me of a cold pasta salad that you would find at a cookout or picnic and this is something I would definitely share with my friends. Hope you enjoy this as much as we did! Thanks again Rachel for inviting me to guest post on your wonderful blog!
Linguine with Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Olives and Lemon
Recipe adapted from Giada De Laurentiis
Here are your ingredients:
1 pound linguine pasta
1 cup (6 oz) chopped or julienned sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained
1 cup (4 oz) medium green olives, pitted
1 packed cup fresh basil leaves
1 clove garlic, roughly chopped
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Zest and juice of 1 large lemon
3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
Salt and freshly ground back pepper
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until tender, but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and reserve about 1 cup of the pasta
water. Place the pasta in a large serving bowl.
In a food processor, combine the sun-dried tomatoes, olives, basil, garlic, oil, lemon zest, and lemon juice and reserved pasta water. Pulse until blended but still chunky.
Add the parmesan cheese to the pasta and toss well. Pour the tomato mixture on top and toss until the pasta is coated. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy!
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Aww thanks again for having me Rachel!
This is a great guest post with a very delicious recipe.
Looks delish!! Just one question, though…what is the “reserve about 1 cup of the pasta water” for? It’s not mentioned again in the recipe…
Hmm, I’m at work right now but I’ll check with Kelly and get back with you!
Did you see Kelly’s reply, Elizabeth? The water should get added into the sauce. Thanks for noticing that!
No, I hadn’t seen it yet ~ Thanks for passing it along! that makes sense though, adding it to the sauce. I’ll have to give this a try
Simply gorgeous! I would pay good money to eat that!
The pasta looks wonderful! So full of flavor with the sun dried tomatoes, I am sure!! Great job with the guest post Kelly!
Looks delicious, I’ll have to check out Kelly’s blog.
Love both of your sites ladies! Cannot wait to try so many of your recipes out:)
Oh I’m so sorry I didn’t explain! The reserve of the 1 cup pasta water is to be combined into the mixture in the food processor so that you have a great sauce
It didn’t explain that in the recipe either when I did it, but it tasted really good after I did that and really helped coat the pasta.
Great guest post from Kelly! I love Giada too
YUMMY! Go Kelly!!
Oh – this is fabulous! I LOVE pasta and this is….yum! Salty olives with sun dried tomatoes is heaven! Beautiful photos – as always!
Well I know what we are going to try for dinner, thanks so much.
Simple & always delicious !
You definitely can’t go wrong with one of Giada’s recipes. This looks wonderful Kelly!
Delicious!!!!!
Kelly you are just so ace
This is a wonderful recipe and, going into my final year at uni in september, i need recipes like this that i can take with me as a cold lunch the next day. Really simple too and I honestly think this will become a favourite of mine! Thank you 
This looks very easy and the best part is the short time needed to prepare it. Just 10 minutes for a great looking meal like this! Thanks for having Kelly over, Rachel. Kelly, a great guest post and I enjoyed reading it.
Sounds delicious, light and easy. It’s always great too when you can have 2 meals in one, lunch and dinner. I love cold pasta anyway, even if I make pasta with meat sauce.
this looks delicious!
Kelly, wonderful guest post! I love pasta and I love sun dried tomatoes! This looks very delicious and I will keep this recipe for one of weeknights next week. Thanks for sharing! Hi Rachel, I’m your new follower!
Basil and Sundried tomatoes!! Both my fav ingredients in one delicious pasta.. this is would be perfect to dig into over the weekend.
Great recipe Kelly. And thanks for pointing me over for a new foodie to follow.