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Weight Watchers BLT Pasta Salad
"This is a weight watcher recipe, and one of my favorites. My whole family loves this. It is only 3pts for 1 cup! I didn't see it posted anywhere, and thought I would share it. It is so simple and good. Servings are a guestimate, as my family doesn't have to stick to one cup."
photo by DianaEatingRichly
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 3 2⁄3 cups cooked large macaroni shells
- 4 cups tomatoes, cut up
- 4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 3 cups of thin sliced lettuce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
- 1⁄2 cup fat-free mayonnaise
- 1⁄3 cup light sour cream
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- salt and pepper
directions
- In a large bowl mix together shell, bacon, tomatoes, and lettuce.
- In a small bowl mix the sugar, vinegar, mayo, sour cream and mustard, salt and pepper to taste.
- Pour over shell mixture, stir and chill.
Questions & Replies
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I would like to know the points per serving, this the only pet peeve I have, most recipes do not give the points. -
How many points per serving? What is a serving size?
Reviews
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I love this recipe! As my name suggests, I am a true, 100% mayo lover of the pure fat variety. However, since joining WW, my tastebuds have adjusted to light mayo - to some degree. The basic ingredients of light mayo, combined with the vinegar, sugar, sour cream, and dijon makes for an outstanding alternative to the "full fat" dressing I have come to know and love. It tasted just as good as the real thing, if not better as it did not leave me with a greasy feel afterward. I substituted the add-ins with celery, apple, egg, and Maui onion. It was great, everyone loved it and didn't know the difference - including my husband, who is an extreme anti-light mayo guy. Thank you for posting the recipe...it's recipes like this that have allowed me to stick with WW! -
This was just ok. It had way too many tomatoes for me. I think if I were to try this again, I would cut the tomatoes down to just 1-2 cups and not 4. It needs a bit more flavor - maybe more bacon and some green onion or other favorite.
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This was very good. I used greek yogurt instead of sou cream b/c I don't care for s.c. Also kept the lettuce separate and added as we ate so it would get soggy. Reviewed for Pool Party 2010. -
Great recipe. Just a tip. Use center cut bacon. Less fat and more meaty. -
The only thing I changed was I used truvia in place of sugar.
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Tweaks
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This was great! Not giving a star rating since I made a lot of changes. I lightened it up a bit more by using 6 slices of turkey bacon and just two cups of cooked whole grain penne pasta. I also upped the lettuce to 4 cups. I swapped maple syrup for the sugar, and skipped the sour cream since we can't have dairy. I used 1 cup of the light mayo but I would cut to half a cup next time as I think that would still be plenty.
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See above post. I also used turkey bacon, oscar Myers brand.
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this recipe is simply made and flexible . I'm a vegan so i removed the bacon and i couldnt find any low fat sour cream around so i replaced the sour cream with non fat Greek yogurt and i added a table spoon of lemon juice , tea spoon of basil and a 1/2 tea spoon of garlic powder . it did the trick and i loved it. -
We LOVED this recipe! I really liked the flavour of the dressing with a hint of mustard. I used turkey bacon to cut the calories and fat and used low fat creme fraiche in place of sour cream. DH and I fought over the leftovers for lunch tomorrow! -
This was very good. I used greek yogurt instead of sou cream b/c I don't care for s.c. Also kept the lettuce separate and added as we ate so it would get soggy. Reviewed for Pool Party 2010.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
I have always loved to cook. This got me into trouble with my wieght, because I loved to eat what I cooked. I am now a weight watcher, I have to lighten most recipes. My favorite cookbooks are Taste of Home & Taste of Home Light. MY pet peeve is boxed dinners. I do love simple and quick though.
I have 3 grown sons, one is in last semester of college, one is married and a new baby is on the way, so I will be grandma in January.
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