How To Make BLT Macaroni Salad
Transform the classic sandwich into a colorful macaroni salad! It’s packed with bacon, spinach, and tomato, all tossed with tender pasta for a tastier meal.
Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking: 45 minutes
Total: 55 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 8ozelbows,uncooked, low carb or whole grain, or brown rice pasta
- 4bacon slices,25% reduced fat, center cut
- 2large tomatoes,ripe, beefsteak or vine ripe, diced small
- 4tbspmayonnaise,reduced fat
- salt and fresh pepper,to taste
- 2cupsbaby spinach
Instructions
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In a large skillet, cook the bacon on medium-low heat until crispy on both sides.
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In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the pasta according to package directions.
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Chop the tomatoes and combine it along with any accumulated juice with the mayonnaise and pepper in a medium bowl.
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Drain the pasta and rinse with cold water to cool.
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Combine the pasta with tomatoes and spinach, and mix well. Toss in the bacon right before serving.
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Serve, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 255.74kcal
- Fat: 13.53g
- Saturated Fat: 3.26g
- Trans Fat: 0.02g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 4.55g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.11g
- Carbohydrates: 26.42g
- Fiber: 1.71g
- Sugar: 2.20g
- Protein: 6.82g
- Cholesterol: 14.15mg
- Sodium: 242.59mg
- Calcium: 16.28mg
- Potassium: 229.28mg
- Iron: 0.72mg
- Vitamin A: 33.76µg
- Vitamin C: 6.82mg
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