BLT Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 100 g small pasta e.g. shells
- 130 g bacon in strips
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 60 g baby spinach
- 1/2 red onion
- 250 g tomatoes or 150 g cherry tomatoes
- 60 g yellow cheese*
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon chopped dill
- salt and pepper
Preparation
- Cook the pasta in salted water according to package instructions.
- Meanwhile, render the bacon in a pan and let it brown lightly at the end.
- Drain the pasta and place in a salad bowl. Add washed and dried spinach, olive oil and mix everything. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add the browned bacon (without the rendered fat), chopped red onion and diced tomatoes, previously peeled (or halved cherry tomatoes).
- Add cheese (grated on the coarse side of the grater), mayonnaise and dill, and mix everything together.
Tips
* parmesan or another aged cheese, or cheddar