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Summer Pesto Grilled Vegetables with Penne Covered in flavorful pesto and grilled to smoky perfection, these grilled vegetables and penne pasta are an easy and totally amazing vegetarian dinner for the summer! Serves 8 1/2 cup basil pesto 2 summer squash 2 zucchini 2 cloves garlic 1 sweet pepper 1/2 lb asparagus 12 oz penne pasta

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Covered in flavorful pesto and grilled to smoky perfection, these grilled vegetables and penne pasta are an easy and totally amazing vegetarian dinner for the summer!

Summer Pesto Grilled Vegetables with Penne

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Covered in flavorful pesto and grilled to smoky perfection, these grilled vegetables and penne pasta are an easy and totally amazing vegetarian dinner for the summer!

Covered in flavorful pesto and grilled to smoky perfection, these grilled vegetables and penne pasta are an easy and totally amazing vegetarian dinner for the summer!

Sarah takes on grilled summer veggies. Part TWO, y’all!!

To be honest, I’m not even sure how these veggies can be real life. They are so, so, SO gosh-darn, hug-yerself GOOD.

Covered in flavorful pesto and grilled to smoky perfection, these grilled vegetables and penne pasta are an easy and totally amazing vegetarian dinner for the summer!

And fitting rather nicely into our grilling theme for this week if I do say so myself.

P.S and before I forget: Psychhhhhhh! I bet you certainly didn’t think you’d see a vegetarian option on the blog at all this week, but I clearly like to keep y’all on your toes. —>

Covered in flavorful pesto and grilled to smoky perfection, these grilled vegetables and penne pasta are an easy and totally amazing vegetarian dinner for the summer!

And grilled vegetable surprises may very well be the best kind. Like these pesto-smothered beauties for instance?

These are so amazeballs, they’re practically neck and neck with their cousin the marinated summer veggies. And I kid you not, that recipe is EXPLODING right now on the blog. I’m not the only one in a total summer veggie mode.

Covered in flavorful pesto and grilled to smoky perfection, these grilled vegetables and penne pasta are an easy and totally amazing vegetarian dinner for the summer!

As with that recipe, today as you can clearly see, we’re using a legit rainbow of veggies. Colorful food = PRETTY food and you can’t deny that these are totally gorgeous.

If by any chance you don’t care for any of the veggies I’ve included in the ingredient list, no worries! Just swap ’em out for your favorites. I’ll try to just cry silent tears. ??

Covered in flavorful pesto and grilled to smoky perfection, these grilled vegetables and penne pasta are an easy and totally amazing vegetarian dinner for the summer!

As for the pesto, you can use any pre-made kind you want OR you can make your own. I linked up one of my faaaaaaavorite pesto recipes in the recipe below.

Seriously, my favorite. You should probably make a triple batch NAO so you can have these grilled vegetables every.dang.day for the next three months of summer.

Covered in flavorful pesto and grilled to smoky perfection, these grilled vegetables and penne pasta are an easy and totally amazing vegetarian dinner for the summer!

In fact…

Cancel all your other plans for the summer. You’ve got a hot grilled veggie date. ??

Covered in flavorful pesto and grilled to smoky perfection, these grilled vegetables and penne pasta are an easy and totally amazing vegetarian dinner for the summer!

Covered in flavorful pesto and grilled to smoky perfection, these grilled vegetables and penne pasta are an easy and totally amazing vegetarian dinner for the summer!
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Pesto-Grilled Summer Vegetables with Penne

Covered in flavorful pesto and grilled to smoky perfection, these grilled vegetables and penne pasta are an easy and totally amazing vegetarian dinner for the summer!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 202 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 small summer squash sliced 1/4-in thick
  • 2 small zucchini sliced 1/4-in thick
  • 1/2 lb fresh asparagus trimmed and cut in half widthwise
  • 1 large sweet pepper sliced 1/4-in thick into strips
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1/2 cup prepared basil pesto
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 12 oz penne pasta cooked according to package instructions

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl, toss squash, zucchini asparagus, pepper, garlic, and basil pesto until evenly combined. Season veggies with salt and pepper to taste.
  2. Grill veggies on nonstick tin foil over medium-high heat stirring occasionally until veggies are slightly charred and tender, about 8-10 minutes.
  3. Serve grilled veggies warm with hot penne pasta. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Looking for a perfect pesto recipe? Try this one!

 

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  1. Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says

    This is definitely summer on a plate…love the pretty colors! And, of course, the pesto! I could eat pesto with just a spoon, I love it that much, so this penne is calling my name. Sounds perfect for a light summer meal!

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  3. Ashley | The Recipe Rebel says

    Sarah this is GORGEOUS! I am a bit of a chicken when it comes to grilling anything other than meat, but I definitely need to change that this summer. I can’t wait for those first veggies popping out of the ground!

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  7. Ella says

    I’m such a grilling scaredy-cat so I can’t do the actual open flame. But, I’ve got a grill pans AND a George Foreman grill. You think I could cheat using either of those? I’d love to still make this dish.

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