Saturday, July 5, 2014

Pasta Salad Improved-Lemon Bacon Pasta Salad

This is the second part of my 2-part pasta salad postings.  ;-)  You can find my first posting here.  This one has so much flavor and it's unexpected.  You really could add other ingredients to this, just consider this the base recipe.

Salad

12 oz. pkg. short pasta
1 Cup peas, frozen
8 oz. bacon, cooked and crumbled
2 tsp. fresh thyme, chopped

1.  Cook the pasta according to package directions, drain & cool.
2.  Add remaining ingredients to a bowl.
3.  Add the pasta to the other ingredients and mix together.

Dressing

3/4 cup plain greek yogurt
1/3 cup olive oil
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 Tbsp. lemon zest
1 Tbsp. + 2 tsp. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. dijon mustard
1 tsp. thyme, chopped
1/2 tsp. black pepper

1.  Mix all ingredients together in a food processor.
2.  Add dressing to the salad and mix together.

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