Creamy Pesto Tortellini with Red Peppers

Creamy Pesto Tortellini with red peppers comes together in minutes, and is a family favorite easy weeknight dinner served with a green salad. This will become one of your “back pocket” recipes you can pull out when you need a dinner everyone loves in a flash.

There are two things I’ve known for years that our son loves: tortellini and my homemade ‘secret ingredient’ pesto sauce. Okay, there’s actually a lot more than that (maple-mustard chicken, decadent chocolate chip walnut pie, etc.), but tortellini is not something I make by hand (hello?), so we don’t have it as much as I’m sure he would like.

So making a creamy pesto tortellini recipe for dinner while he was home on a break from college may or may not have been my attempt to try and accumulate more of those mom points. Luckily for me, the whole family loves creamy pasta and pesto, so making that pasta a cheese-filled tortellini is kind of a no-brainer.

Making a variation of a family favorite recipe is a sure way to make sure you will have a hit recipe on your hands. In addition to making the pasta a tortellini, I also added chopped red peppers for added vegetables and color. 

If you wanted to add cooked chicken, you could do that, too.

I love the simple ingredients in dishes like this – pesto, cream, red pepper and tortellini (both fresh and frozen work in this recipe).

It’s pretty easy to add color and flavor to your main dishes with savory items like red peppers, parsley, and parmesan cheese. The bonus is that they add incredible flavors, too – I love cooking with these ingredients.

Not only does this creamy pesto tortellini with red peppers taste delicious, it’s a perfect go-to dish for any busy season. It’s easy and quick to put together, yet colorful and nice enough to serve to guests for a relaxing meal with a salad, a good bottle of wine and some great conversation.

 

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