Rae's Italian BS Pasta Salad recipe

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Ingredients

1 (12 ounce) package tri-colored spiral pasta
1 pound bacon
1 (10 ounce) bag baby spinach leaves
⅓ cup Italian-style dressing
2 green onions, chopped
1 (16 ounce) bottle creamy Italian-style salad dressing
3 Roma (plum) tomatoes, diced
1 (6 ounce) can sliced black olives

Nutrition Info

344.3 calories
carbohydrate: 26.2 g
cholesterol: 13.7 mg
fat: 22.6 g
fiber: 2.2 g
protein: 9.3 g
saturatedFat: 4.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 841 mg
sugar: 4.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spiral pasta in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but firm to the bite, 12 minutes, drain.

  2. Fry bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain bacon on paper towels and crumble. Reserve about 2 tablespoons of bacon grease.

  3. Wilt spinach in the skillet with reserved bacon grease over medium heat, 2 to 3 minutes.

  4. Toss cooked pasta with 1/3 cup Italian-style dressing in a large bowl, stir bacon, spinach, and green onions into coated pasta.

  5. Stir creamy Italian-style dressing, tomatoes, and olives into pasta mixture. Chill in refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight.

Recipe Yield

12 servings

Recipe Note

This pasta salad comes together easily and is great for summer get-togethers. My family requests this all the time. I like to play with different veggies to add in variety. So play around with your favorites.

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