Easy Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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 1/3 cup pecans (optional) or 1/3 cup walnuts (optional)

Preparation

Boil pasta in salted water.
Drain, reserving the liquid.
Set aside.
Put oil in the bottom of a serving dish.
Crush garlic and place in oil.
In a separate bowl, break up feta cheese until it's crumbly.
Add enough pasta water to make it into a lumpy mixture.
Place in serving dish.
Chop or cut sun-dried tomatoes into small pieces and add to the cheese.
Mix in toasted pine nuts, pecans or walnuts.
Wet pasta with some of the reserved water and add to the mixture.
Toss well.
Top with basil.