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Jun 15
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Avocado BLT Pasta Salad

Avocado BLT Pasta Salad

Summer is salad season, and this Avocado BLT Pasta Salad is the perfect crowd-pleaser to bring to any picnic or barbecue or to make for yourself at home! Hearty pasta, crispy bacon, juicy tomatoes and fresh lettuce all tossed in a creamy avocado dressing – it’s so many of my favorite things in one dish! This pasta salad is great as a side dish or for lunch and a one cup serving is only 175 calories or 5 WW Points! To view your current WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here! I particularly love pairing it with chicken or steak off the grill.

Avocado BLT Pasta Salad

This Avocado BLT Pasta Salad is super easy and comes together quickly, but you can even make the pasta ahead of time if you want it to go faster. After cooking, rinse the pasta to cool before storing and when you’re ready to use it just rinse and drain it again before adding the other ingredients. So simple!

Looking for more tasty lightened up salads? Check out my Pepperoni Pizza Salad, Strawberry Quinoa Salad, Asian Sesame Chicken Salad, Broccoli Salad, Roasted Beet Salad, Honey Mint Citrus Salad, Taco Chicken Salad, Avocado Bacon Corn Panzanella Salad, Antipasto Salad, Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad, Greek Orzo Pasta Salad, Harvest Apple Salad, Hummus Chicken Salad, Doritos Taco Salad, Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad, Cheeseburger Salad, Avocado Chicken Salad, Chicken Souvlaki Salad and more in the Salad section of my recipe index!

Avocado BLT Pasta Salad

Avocado BLT Pasta Salad

This Avocado BLT Pasta Salad is the perfect crowd-pleaser to bring to any summer picnic or barbecue!

Ingredients

  • 8 oz uncooked pasta, I used cavatappi (use whole wheat pasta if following the WW Purple plan)
  • 8 slices center cut bacon
  • 6 oz of avocado, mashed (for me 6 ounces was the weight of one avocado after removing the skin and pit)
  • 1 ½ teaspoons lemon juice
  • ¼ cup low fat mayonnaise, I used Hellmann’s
  • 1 ½ teaspoons apple cider vinegar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 cup chopped cherry tomatoes, I sliced mine into quarters
  • 2 cups shredded or thinly sliced romaine or green leaf lettuce

Instructions

  • Cook the pasta according to package directions and drain. Rinse the pasta in a colander under cold water until the pasta is cooled and drain. Transfer the pasta to a large mixing bowl.
  • Cook the bacon according to package directions and drain and cool on paper towels. Slice or crumble the bacon into small pieces.
  • In a mixing bowl, combine the mashed avocado and the lemon juice and stir until thoroughly combined. Add the mayonnaise, vinegar, salt and garlic powder and stir until well combined and creamy. Add this avocado dressing to the pasta in your large mixing bowl and then stir until the pasta is coated.
  • Add the crumbled bacon, chopped tomatoes and shredded lettuce to the coated pasta and toss to combine. Serve chilled or at room temperature.

Notes

To view your current WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!
WW Points per (1 cup) serving: 5 (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Nutrition Information per (1 cup) serving:
175 calories, 25 g carbs, 2 g sugars, 6 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 6 g protein, 3 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com)
MyWW SmartPoints per (1 cup) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Green: 5 SmartPoints/ Blue: 5 SmartPoints/ Purple: 2 SmartPoints (if using wheat pasta, if not then use the Blue points)
Weight Watchers Points Plus:
5 per (1 cup) serving (PP calculated using a Weight Watchers PointsPlus calculator and the nutrition information below)

13 comments on “Avocado BLT Pasta Salad”

  1. This looks super yummy! My only question is since I’m not a big avocado fan, how many calories is a serving without it?

    • Hi Emily,
      The avocado is what makes the bulk of the dressing in this recipe so you would have to replace it with something else like more mayo. I only calculate the nutrition info for the recipe the way I post it so if you want to make changes to my recipe you can always run the ingredients you use through the recipe calculator on myfitnesspal. Hope that helps!

  2. Since there is avocado in this recipe – how long will this last before the pasta salad turns brown?

  3. The vinegar and the lemon should counteract any browning that would happen. I made this two days ago (DELICIOUS) and my leftovers still havent browned

  4. Just made this, absolutely delicious! I exchanged one package of Hormel Applewood Bacon Pieces for the 8 bacon slices.

  5. I tried this tonight and thought it was very good. I just found your web site after looking for ideas to eat better. Thank you for taking the time to post recipes with all the information. I’m am thankful. I’ve seen several recipes I want to try.

  6. I would love to make this recipe, but whenever I try to print your recipes, they never print out.

    • Hi Sally,
      Do you use the print-friendly button? It’s directly to the right of the recipe title in the recipe section of each post.

  7. Hi, this looks delicious but I am allergic to avocados, which is a bummer! Do you any suggestions for replacing it? I don’t want to add more mayo.
    Thanks… I was thinking squash?

  8. How many cups overall does this recipe make?

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