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If you like BLTs you'd better go grab a pen and paper right now!
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Okay, the recipe is for a BLT pasta salad!!

Oh my! I just made it for supper tonight and one word describes it:
Delicious!!!




BLT Pasta Salad
Author: A Bird and a Bean. Adapted from Food Network.



Ingredients

12 ounce corkscrew shaped pasta
½ cup milk
12 ounces lean bacon
4 medium ripe tomatoes, cut into chunks
1 tablespoon chopped
fresh thyme
1 clove garlic, minced Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
¼ cup mayo
¼ cup greek yogurt
¼ cup sour cream
4 tablespoons chopped chives
5 cups chopped romaine hearts

Instructions:

Cook the pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water according to package.
Drain and toss with the milk in a large bowl; set aside. Crazy to toss it with milk. You won’t be sorry.
Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until crisp. Drain. Discard drippings, but reserve about 3 tablespoons of drippings from the pan.
Add the tomatoes, thyme and garlic to the pan and toss until warmed through; season with salt and pepper.
Crumble the bacon, set aside ¼ cup for garnish. Toss the remaining bacon and the tomato mixture with the pasta.
Mix the mayonnaise, greek yogurt and sour cream with 3 tablespoons chives with the pasta until evenly combined. Season with salt and pepper.
Add the lettuce; toss again to coat.
Garnish with the reserved bacon and the remaining 1 tablespoon chives.
Serve at room temperature. Or chilled the next day. Refrigerate leftovers. If there are any.

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Now I didn't make it exact. I used Penne pasta. I don't eat Greek yogurt so I omitted it. I used light cream instead of milk. I didn't have fresh thyme, so I threw in some dried thyme instead. Wish I had chives too, but I didn't.

Still delicious and definitely a keeper recipe!

You must try it!

Have a terrific weekend, everyone!

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