BLT Pasta Salad

Megan brought us a wonderful BLT salad a few weeks ago, and here is another twist on the BLT. I bring you the BLT pasta salad!  A great way to use tomatoes which will soon be in season, and a great side dish for yet another summer BBQ.

Servings: 2
Serving Size: 2 cups
Points Plus: 6pp
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Level of Difficulty: Easy

 Ingredients
1 cup small whole wheat pasta, uncooked
2 slices bacon, raw
2 cups small cherry tomatoes
2 T mayonnaise, light
2 cups baby spinach
Kosher salt + pepper to taste

Instructions
Bring a pot of water to a boil and cook your pasta according to package directions, drain, rise with cold water and set aside.

While pasta is cooking fry up your bacon.  Cook it until it is pretty crispy.  This will make it easy to break up and will also fry out a good portion of the fat (it will still be tasty, trust me)! When bacon is finished cooking use your hands or a scissors to cut/break it into small pieces.

You're almost finished! Place your spinach in a bowl and add hot pasta and bacon over it.  Stir it around so that the pasta begins to wilt a bit from the hot pasta.  Next add 2 T mayo, salt, pepper and cherry tomatoes.  Give the pasta salad a good stir and your done!

Tip
This pasta salad is served great cold. Place it in the fridge and pull it out about 10 minutes before serving for a cool and light summer dish.

XOXO - Katie