BLT Pasta Salad

Pasta Salad BLT style!

This recipe contains pasta, bacon, tomatoes (cherry), lettuce (romaine), mayonnaise, sour cream, milk (buttermilk), salt, black pepper

8 - 10 Servings

Prep time: 10 min

Cook time: 20 min

Ingredients:

• 16 oz. pasta, your choice cooked, drained, and cooled
• 16 oz. bacon
• 1 pt. cherry tomatoes, halved
• 2 whole heads romaine lettuce, rinsed
• 1 cup(s) mayonnaise
• 1 cup(s) sour cream
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup(s) buttermilk
• 1 - 2 ds. salt, to taste
• 1 - 2 ds. pepper, to taste

Instructions:

• 1. Cook the bacon until crisp. Let drain on paper towels. Add 2 Tbsp. of bacon drippings to the pasta and toss to coat.
• 2. Crumble or chop the bacon into bite sized pieces. Chop the lettuce into 1 inch pieces. Add bacon, lettuce, and tomatoes to pasta mixture.
• 3. In a small bowl, combine Duke’s, sour cream, salt and pepper. Add buttermilk 2 Tbsp. at a time until desired consistency is reached. Add dressing to the pasta mixture and toss to coat.
• 4. Refrigerate the pasta salad for 30 min before serving to allow the flavors to develop.