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.
Stunning salad and I love all the ingredients !
Thank you so much, Linda, I love this salad.
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!
Love the salad, Heidy! Looks so tempting!
Thanks, Hadia, it was so good.
BLT Salad with pasta sounds like a brilliant idea. Beautiful!
That looks like my perfect salad. A little bit of bacon goes a long way.
Danny, it sure does go along way.
This is the most gorgeously delicious pasta salad I have ever seen. Love everything about it!
Thank you Nicole, I really 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
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!
gorgeous! I love errything about this beautiful salad.
Thank you Erica, you seriously have to try it.