A different type of pasta salad...

Growing up I never ever liked pasta salad and I blame that on my dislike for mayonnaise. In the last few years slowly I have begun to like pasta salad but I don't want to puke over it like I did growing up. I know that not every pasta salad has mayo in it and there are a lot of varieties but for me, don't like one, don't like them all is a rule of thumb I tend to go by. However this pasta salad that I made recently, this salad will have your taste bus dancing. Why? Because there is avocado. Because there is bacon and because if you are no mayo person like myself, then rejoice because there is no mayo!

So grab the pasta, bacon, avocado and a few other ingredients and lets make this mayo-free pasta salad!

To make this salad you need 2 avocados, 2 tomatoes, 8 ounces pasta (like bowtie or wagon wheel, I used rotini because that is why I had on hand), 6 slices bacon, crisply cooked, drained and crumbled, 2/3 cup chopped basil, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 3 cloves garlic, minced, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, 1/8 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese.

Cook the pasta according to the directions.

While the past is cooking halve the avocados, deseed them and cut them up into cubes and roughly chop up the tomatoes. Cook the bacon, let it cool then crumble it up.

 

In a large bowl combine the avocados, tomatoes, bacon, basil, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, pepper and salt.

Add in the pasta and using a spoon mix all the ingredients together.

Sprinkle the salad with the parmesan cheese then sere, eat and enjoy!