Whole Wheat Pasta Salad with Spinach, Onion & Bacon

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Hello All!

As many of you know, I have had a rough year, and as a few of you know, a pretty rough week. NOW my car needs $450 worth of work. ARGH! So, again, as many of you know, cooking makes me happy --it is calming for me!

I have no car today (it is in the garage being fixed) and wanted to make something with what I had in the house (of course I thought I had things I did not and once I had decided on this dish was hell bent, so thanks Stephen for the ride to the store), and decided on a healthy pasta salad made with whole wheat rotini.

I also love to share when I make something for the first time, so if you want to try it these are the ingredients I used:

Whole Wheat Rotini
Spinach
Onion, Minced Garlic
Ken's Northern Italian Dressing (Light)
Fresh Parmesan Cheese
Salt
Pepper

Prepare the pasta as usual and set aside. Saute the garlic, onions and spinach together. Add the spinach/onion/garlic mix to the pasta in a bowl and stir. You want to pull the spinach apart and spread it out as you are combining these ingredients. Add the chopped bacon pieces (you can buy these in the salad aisle, but get REAL bacon, not bacos), fresh grated parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste. Mix these ingredients into the pasta. Slowly add in the dressing while stirring. You don't want too much dressing, so err on the side of caution as you can always add more. Chill for a while and eat!

I had some of this for lunch today and it is delicious if I may say so myself! It is also quite healthy with the whole wheat pasta, spinach and lite dressing! Let me know if you try it! I hope you are all doing well and having a good week!

Hugs, Christine