Name: Penne with Tomato Pesto and Smoked Mozzarella
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 1/4 cup almonds; 2 cups loosely packed fresh parsley; 12 sun-dried tomato halves; 2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1/4 pound smoked mozzarella, diced; 1/2 pound whole-wheat penne

Penne with Tomato Pesto and Smoked MozzarellaCon Poulos

Tomatoes keep the fulfilling umami coming. We added almonds to up the slim-down factor: Dieters who ate the nuts daily lost 56 percent more fat than those who didn't, a study from Loma Linda University finds; the nuts' fiber may prevent fat absorption.

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