Okay so I needed a quick side dish for Ann's cookout last weekend. We looove pasta salad so I decided to give BLT pasta salad a chance... it was a hit! Perfect for a cookout! I may make it again for the 4th of July cookouts we have this weekend!
Ingredients:
12 ounces of corkscrew pasta
1/2 cup milk
12 ounce bacon
3 ripe tomatoes
1 tablespoon thyme
1 clove garlic
kosher salt & pepper
1/2 mayo
1/4 sour cream
5 cups chopped romaine lettuce
Cook pasta in large pot as directed. Drain and toss with milk in a large bowl. I used skim milk.
Cook bacon in a large skillet until crisp. I used turkey bacon (always trying to keep it healthy)
The original recipe said to drain all but 3 tablespoons of bacon grease but since I used turkey bacon I used what little grease was left in the pan after the bacon was done.
Add tomatoes (I used cherry tomatoes and just cut them in half) thyme and garlic... I also think I added to much thyme. Anyways add those 3 ingredients to the hot pan with the bacon grease and toss until warm. Add a little salt and pepper.
Cut or crumble bacon into bit size pieces and toss in the with the pasta along with the tomato mixture.
Then mix in the mayo (I used Miracle Whip) , sour cream (I used fat free) and chives until combined. Season with kosher salt.
Add in lettuce... I think this really makes it work! I will probably add more lettuce next time. I think this may have been the key ingredient!
The only issue was I think I used to much thyme... you could taste it! I do not like tomatoes personally but I added them anyways for taste and it was fine for me. If you like tomatoes add more I did not add tons but since I was taking it for a cookout I figured people would like them. It was a hit! What is better than BLTs and pasta salad mixed together?! Nothing! And if you use a some alternatives on a few of the ingredients (turkey bacon, Miracle whip, fat free sour cream) you can keep it relatively healthy! It was light and perfect for the cookout!
Here is the blog with the initial recipe: A Bird and A Bean
Cut or crumble bacon into bit size pieces and toss in the with the pasta along with the tomato mixture.
Then mix in the mayo (I used Miracle Whip) , sour cream (I used fat free) and chives until combined. Season with kosher salt.
Add in lettuce... I think this really makes it work! I will probably add more lettuce next time. I think this may have been the key ingredient!
The only issue was I think I used to much thyme... you could taste it! I do not like tomatoes personally but I added them anyways for taste and it was fine for me. If you like tomatoes add more I did not add tons but since I was taking it for a cookout I figured people would like them. It was a hit! What is better than BLTs and pasta salad mixed together?! Nothing! And if you use a some alternatives on a few of the ingredients (turkey bacon, Miracle whip, fat free sour cream) you can keep it relatively healthy! It was light and perfect for the cookout!
Here is the blog with the initial recipe: A Bird and A Bean
Totally stealing this! Looks delicious!!
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