BLT PASTA SALAD
BLT Pasta Salad is a wonderful 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
Ingredients
- 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
Instructions
- 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.
- Meanwhile, cook bacon until crisp, one cool to the touch chop bacon and reserve.
- Be sure all produce has been properly cleaned.
- Slice yellow cocktail tomatoes in halves, dice the red salad onion.
- 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.
- Serve immediately with extra dressing on the side.
Nutrition
Serving: 01Calories: 210kcalCarbohydrates: 0gProtein: 0gFat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0gMonounsaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 0mgPotassium: 0mgFiber: 0gSugar: 0gVitamin A: 0IUVitamin C: 0mgCalcium: 0mgIron: 0mg
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