Pesto Pasta Salad

Ingredients (13)

• 1 pound whole grain pasta (fusilli, rotini, penne or farfalle)
• 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered
• 3 handfuls baby arugula or spinach
• Optional cheese: Crumbled feta cheese, little mozzarella balls or diced mozzarella or grated Parmesan
• Optional additions: 1/2 cup thinly sliced Kalamata olives and/or 1 can (15 ounces) chickpeas, rinsed and drained (or 1 1/2 cups cooked chickpeas)
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup pepitas (hulled pumpkin seeds)*
• 1/2 cup packed fresh basil leaves
• 1/2 cup packed fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
• 1/4 cup lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
• 1 clove garlic, roughly chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil