Easy Sun-dried Tomato Pasta

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb pasta, of your choice
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 (5 ounce) package herbed feta cheese
• 1 (3 ounce) jar sun-dried tomatoes (in a cello bag or oil-packed)
• 2 -3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil (or 2 tsp dried basil)
• 1/3 cup chopped toasted pine nuts (optional) or 1/3 cup pecans (optional) or 1/3 cup walnuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 boil pasta in salted water.
• 2 drain, reserving the liquid.
• 3 set aside.
• 4 put oil in the bottom of a serving dish.
• 5 crush garlic and place in oil.
• 6 in a separate bowl, break up feta cheese until it's crumbly.
• 7 add enough pasta water to make it into a lumpy mixture.
• 8 place in serving dish.
• 9 chop or cut sun-dried tomatoes into small pieces and add to the cheese.
• 10 mix in toasted pine nuts, pecans or walnuts.
• 11 wet pasta with some of the reserved water and add to the mixture.
• 12 toss well.
• 13 top with basil.