Creamy bacon & tomato pasta salad
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 300g penne or farfalle (use wholemeal, if you like)
- 200g natural yogurt
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 garlic clove , crushed
- 1 lemon , zested
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 4 large tomatoes , roughly chopped
- large handful of baby leaf spinach , roughly chopped
- small bunch of basil , leaves chopped
- 6 cooked smoked bacon rashers
Method
- STEP 1
Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling water following pack instructions. Drain and run under cold water until completely cool.
- STEP 2
Meanwhile, mix the yogurt, mustard, honey, garlic, lemon zest, olive oil and some seasoning together in a large bowl. Toss the cooked pasta with the dressing, tomatoes, spinach and basil. Keep chilled until ready to serve, then crumble over the bacon.