BLT Pasta Salad – This fun Weight Watcher’s BLT Pasta Salad is the perfect side to bring to your next 4th of July gathering. No one will even know that it is WW friendly or diet friendly.
I’ve brought this pasta salad recipe I found on Pinterest to quite a few pot lucks and BBQ’s during the Summer and let me tell you something about Pinterest. If you see a recipe that keeps on getting repinned and repinned over and over again it’s usually a good recipe. This one did not disappoint either. I mean c’ mon it’s a BLT pasta salad in a sauce with light mayo, vinegar, and mustard and it’s topped with BACON. Bacon and colorful sprinkles are super foods because they make people happy. 🙂
Back when I worked at the hotel a couple of years ago as a part time job, they would make a BLT pasta salad kind of similar to this one. They added ranch seasoning and a little bit of Worcestershire sauce to spice it up a bit and it was everyone’s favorite pasta salad. I tweaked my BLT pasta salad recipe to make it kind of similar to the one at the hotel because I loved the taste that Ranch added to it. A 1 oz Ranch seasoning packet is only 1 smart point so it doesn’t tack on very many points to this recipe.
How to make a BLT Pasta Salad
- In a large bowl, mix cooked pasta, bacon, tomatoes, and lettuce.
- In a small bowl, mix sugar, vinegar, mayonnaise, Greek Yogurt, Ranch seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the dressing mixture to the pasta, bacon, tomatoes, and lettuce and stir to combine.
- Recipe makes 6 to 8 servings.
- 1/2 cup of BLT pasta is 4 smart points.
Tips for BLT Pasta Salad
Instead of lettuce, you can use chopped scallions. The chopped scallions will last longer in the fridge if you don’t eat all of this right away. Lettuce wilts pretty fast. If you are worried about the lettuce wilting, do not add it to the pasta salad. When ready to eat chop up some lettuce and add it to the salad.
Make this a complete meal and add in some grilled chicken.
Boil the noodles and cook the bacon a day before and store them in the fridge. When ready to eat mix all the ingredients together.
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Weight Watcher’s BLT Pasta Salad
BLT Pasta Salad –This fun Weight Watcher’s BLT Pasta Salad is the perfect side to bring to your next 4th of July gathering. No one will even know that it is WW friendly or diet friendly.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 15
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 6 to 8
- Category: Salad
- Method: Boil
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 3 2/3 cup large macaroni shells pasta, cooked
- 4 medium tomatoes, diced
- 4 slice bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 3 cup lettuce, thinly sliced (can sub scallions 1 cup or as many as you like)
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup fat free mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 3 tsp of dry Ranch seasoning mix
- 1 tsp of Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1 salt
- 1 pepper
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix pasta, bacon, tomatoes, and lettuce.
- In a small bowl, mix sugar, vinegar, mayonnaise, Greek Yogurt, Ranch seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the dressing mixture to the pasta, bacon, tomatoes, and lettuce and stir to combine.
- Recipe makes 6 to 8 servings.
- 1 cup of BLT pasta is 6 smart points.
Notes
SmartPoints: 4 (freestyle) (1/2 per serving)
Recipe and nutrition info food.com
If you want even more flavor add in about a 1 tsp of liquid smoke and a packet of ranch seasoning.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 6
- Fat: 4.7g
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Carbohydrates: 9.6 g
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 5
If you like pasta salads try this Mexican Pasta Salad
This pasta salad looks really amazing! I love a combination of mayonnaise and sour cream in my pasta salad!
Is that scallions you’ve sprinkled on top?
Yep!
this looks so tasty! quick question – did the lettuce hold up ok in this salad? did it get too soggy? just wondering if i should mix in the lettuce right before serving… ?
I didn’t serve this for 3 days and the lettuce was still good.
“3⅔ cup large macaroni shells pasta, cooked
4 cup tomatoes, diced”
So…there are more tomatoes than actual pasta? Does that work out to be a nice balance?
The recipe says “large pasta shells,” but those look like very small pasta shells – is that a typo or does it just look small in the picture?
Also, is 4 cups of diced tomatoes correct? That seems like a LOT.
Thanks! Making this tonight so hopefully it tastes as good as it looks!
There are so many recipes on your website that I want to eat right now! I’m so excited to try this one. YUM!
Glad to hear!
Hi there — just wondering if anyone has figured out the tomato amount — is it 4 cups? Looks delish as does the Mexican Pasta Salad.
Do you think it’d be good if I held the tomatoes?
yes
So…this looks amazing, and I can’t wait to try it. However, it appears (in the picture) that there are green onions. But, I don’t see green onions in the list of ingredients. Are there in fact, green onions in this?
use the amount of tomatoes YOU lk e…..green onions were used as a garnish it looks like! Or mix some in! It’s a pasta salad , make it to your liking!
Green onions are also zero points too. 🙂
I’ve never been a big fan of any type of vinegar. I see its only 2 tsp. in this recipe. Can you actually taste the vinegar in it? Does it serve a purpose in the recipe or can I just omit it?
Just out of curiosity – how did you calculate the weight watchers points plus value? When I input the ingredients into their website for 6 servings, it says that each 1 cup serving is 12 points. The nutritional facts that you have stated calculate it out to be 2 ppv per serving. How did you get these numbers? Thanks.
I used the Weight Watcher’s Points Plus calculator on their website got the recipe from a website that provided the nutrition info for me.
I entered the ingredients into the WW recipe builder and the points plus per serving (recipe divided in 6) was 6 points plus.
The points plus will very on this recipe depending on serving size.
Hi – I see all if and but’s, it’s a salad “Have fun with it”
Sooooo…. The main question concerning the tomatoes was never answered but others were. That’s very odd. Mind answering whether or not it IS actually 4 cups? Lots of tomatoes.
great recipe even the pickiest of my grandsons liked it. Used nonfat Greek yogurt in place of sour cream. Will definitely become a regular addition to our summer menus.
Oh wow this looks fabulous!! I’m always looking for new takes on classics, and this sounds perfect. My husband would just love it! Thanks!!!
How did everyone get 4 pts? I used the same amounts of everything, but used whole wheat medium shells and mine is coming up as 7 points per half cup.
4 pts was the old plan before smart points.
Search function is easy to use. I’m going to try the WW BLT Salad. Sounds yummy.
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I made this recipe with just a few small changes and my picky family loved it! I used the small shell pasta and only 3 Roma tomatoes. I also added to this recipe some celery, diced half red and yellow bell peppers, diced red onion and added some cubed sharp cheddar cheese.With the leftovers, I added diced rotisserie chicken to it and it was delicious. I don’t follow Weight Watchers, so I know nothing about how theses changes effects points, etc., but love this recipe!! Thanks for sharing!!