BLTC Cavatini

Here's a colorfully scrumptious version of your basic BLT! Saute strips of romaine lettuce in bacon fat, add chopped tomatoes and toss with hot pasta. Sprinkle crumbled bacon and Asiago cheese over the top.

• Calories: 492 Calories

Ingredients

• salt to taste
• ground black pepper to taste
• ½ pound bacon
• ½ cup freshly grated Asiago cheese
• 1 head romaine lettuce- rinsed, dried and chopped
• 5 roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped
• 1 (16 ounce) package small seashell pasta

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.

Step 2

Brown bacon until crisp. Drain off all but 2 tablespoons grease. Set bacon aside.

Step 3

Return oil to frying pan, add lettuce. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes over medium-high heat. Add roma tomatoes. Cook for 2 additional minutes.

Step 4

Toss vegetables with cavatini.

Step 5

Crumble drained bacon. Sprinkle top of vegetables and pasta with bacon and shaved Asiago cheese. Add salt and pepper to taste.