BLT Pasta Salad

This cool and creamy bacon, lettuce and tomato pasta makes a terrific side dish for summer parties.
You can decide which pasta you prefer to use and if you are on a gluten-free diet you could use brown rice pasta instead.

 

Lower Calorie BLT Pasta Salad

Ingredients

• 8 oz. corkscrew pasta or any short pasta (or brown rice pasta for gf)
• 4 slices bacon
• 4 tbsp reduced fat mayonnaise
• 2 large ripe tomatoes, diced small or 1/4 cup canned tomatoes, drained
• 1/4 cup chopped spring onions
• salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 cups finely-chopped lettuce or 2 cups baby spinach

Tip

Centre cut bacon has less fat than regular bacon, or you can use
turkey or chicken bacon instead if you don’t eat pork.

Method

1. Cook the pasta in boiling water according to the package directions. Drain.
2. Fry the bacon until crisp. Drain.
3. Now place the mayonnaise in a small bowl and add the tomatoes and the chopped spring onions.
4. Add some salt and pepper, and stir well.
5. Put the pasta in a large bowl.
6. Add the spinach or lettuce, crumble in the bacon and then add the dressing. And mix it all together.
7. Refrigerate the pasta salad before serving.

Serves 7 – Serving Size: 1 cup – Nutrition Per Serving
Calories: 149, Fat: 4g, Carbohydrate: 27g, Fibre: 4g, Protein: 5g