Today on the Tami Dunn YouTube channel, Kevin made Low Calorie BLT Pasta Salad. The depth of flavor of this pasta salad is a huge surprise and you get a lot for the calories.
Low Calorie BLT Pasta Salad Recipe
Ingredients
8 ounces (uncooked weight) cooked large elbow macaroni
28 oz can Whole Peeled Tomatoes
4 bacon slices, cooked and crumbled (we use 25% lower fat bacon)
3 cups very thinly sliced iceberg lettuce
1/2 cup light mayonnaise
1/2 cup light sour cream
1 tablespoon Stone Ground Mustard
1 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons cider vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
Cook macaroni noodles, drain excess water and allow to cool. Fry bacon. Drain juice from can of tomatoes and dice all tomatoes. Remove as many of the seeds as possible.
Combine macaroni, crumbled bacon, diced tomatoes and lettuce in a large bowl.
In a smaller bowl, combine all remaining ingredients and stir well. Add this mixture to the large bowl with the macaroni. Coat all pieces. Separate into smaller bowls or store in one large bowl. Keep covered.
When Kevin and I started watching our calories years ago, this BLT Pasta Salad was one of our go-to meals for lunch or dinner as well as the Low Calorie Waldorf Chicken Salad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83uz_q4_nyk
If I were to use fresh tomatoes (we will be overwhelmed very soon!) about how many cups of chopped and seeded tomatoes do you think the canned tomatoes end up being?
Reese just made a vegan version of this today for us and we are LOVING it! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe.