BLT Pasta Salad is a flavorful Salad consisting of peppery arugula, corkscrew pasta, thick crisp bacon, sweet, delicious organic yellow cocktail tomatoes, and tiny grape tomatoes, with red onion and a cool ranch dressing that will absolutely amaze your taste buds.
Springtime is a wonderful time to start digging into our salad greens and showing off our salad creativity. I happened to be in Wholefoods Market a few years back and bought their version of BLT Pasta Salad, I have to tell you I was hooked line and sinker. I decided I was making this salad–even better.
We all know, I love Ranch Dressing and of course. I adore BLT Sandwiches, so this salad would be perfect for my family picnics, work pot-luck, you name it I was owning this salad and making it mine ASAP
When I got home that day I decided I would really like the BLT Pasta Salad so much better if I cut out the Romaine lettuce out, switched out the heirloom red tomatoes for tiny grape tomatoes and sweet yellow cocktail tomatoes to start… I wasn’t sure I wanted to delve into recreating the dressing, after all, I make one mean Homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dressing why not put it to good use?
What you will need to make the BLT Pasta Salad
- 8 ounces of a pound of corkscrew pasta, al dente
- 8 ounces of thick sliced deli-style bacon, cooked until crisp and chopped
- 1 Buttermilk Ranch Recipe
- 4 lightly packed cups of organic arugula
- 8 yellow organic cocktail tomatoes halved
- 1 cup of organic grape tomatoes
- 1/2 red salad onion diced
- A pinch of kosher salt
- freshly ground pepper
- 8 ounces of a pound of corkscrew pasta al dente
- 8 ounces of thick sliced deli-style bacon cooked until crisp and chopped
- 1 Buttermilk Ranch Recipe
- 4 lightly packed cups of organic arugula
- 8 yellow organic cocktail tomatoes halved
- 1 cup of organic grape tomatoes
- 1/2 red salad onion diced
- A pinch of kosher salt
- freshly ground pepper
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Follow the directions on the back of pasta package, using the al dente method. Once the pasta is done the cooking, drain and rinse the pasta in cold water.
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Meanwhile, cook bacon until crisp, one cool to the touch chop bacon and reserve.
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Be sure all produce has been properly cleaned.
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Slice yellow cocktail tomatoes in halves, dice the red salad onion.
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Place drained pasta in a large bowl, add Buttermilk Ranch Dressing a little at a time- about 2/3 of a cup or to your taste. Toss the pasta to coat evenly. Add arugula, tomatoes, the diced red onion, a pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper. Toss salad thoroughly to combine.
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Serve immediately with extra dressing on the side.
gorgeous! I love errything about this beautiful salad.
Thank you Erica, you seriously have to try it.
Love every ingredient in this salad. Looks great.
Thank you Peter, I am having some right now lol…It’s sooo good!
Thank you Peter I appreciate that!
Dear Heidy, I love your version of the BLT…this looks delish! Pinning. xo, Catherine
Thank you Catherine, it’s a huge hit with the family
This is the most gorgeously delicious pasta salad I have ever seen. Love everything about it!
Thank you Nicole, I really appreciate that!
That looks like my perfect salad. A little bit of bacon goes a long way.
Danny, it sure does go along way.
BLT Salad with pasta sounds like a brilliant idea. Beautiful!
Love the salad, Heidy! Looks so tempting!
Thanks, Hadia, it was so good.
What a fun and yummy salad! You are so creative and I always look forward to seeing what wonderful dishes you will dream up next!
Thank you, it was super delish!
Stunning salad and I love all the ingredients !
Thank you so much, Linda, I love this salad.