Okay so maybe it’s just in the category of ”not a safe food” but I’d like to try and find a way to eat it, since it’s a simple meal, literally just pasta and a jar of pesto sauce.

But: plain on it’s own I find it too salty/overwhelming.

I have tried to dilute it with cream, but either it ends up still being too salty/flavourful, or I can eat it,but it starts tasting too much like just pasta cream (which is also not very tasty).

Is there some other recipe for it? As far as I know people mostly just dump in the pesto pasta and eat. But I find it too flavourfully overwhelming/salty.

Can I maybe dilute it with something else than cream?

(I know that theoretically I can just ditch it if I don’t like the taste, but I am trying to find some more ”real food” (but still simple to make, because I often have low energy) other than ”bread with butter” or ”cereal and milk”.)

(I don’t think I am adding too much either. Literally just about a tablespoon. I think if I add less I will loose the benefits of actually adding something to my pasta to make it more nutritious/filling.)

edit/update:

thank you for your suggestions☺️

I shall try ricotta pesto on sandwhich tomorrow (I might try different variations to see how I like it the most, eg ricotta pestp, plain pesto, or pesto woth butter).

I shall also try diluting it with water next time rather than with cream.

(can’t believe I hadn’t thought of water before🤦‍♀️😂😅)

Update 2: I tried a pesto sanwhich as per your suggestions. (haven’t been brave enough to try pesto pasta again after the recent taste fails🫣).

I actually liked it.

Lots of butter. A teaspoon of pesto. And a thick slice of tomato. some salt mix on the tomato.

Thank you for the help👍

Will also be trying the water thing, but maybe later/in a few months. For now I am content with pesto sandwiches.☺️