Dinner made easy with Betty Crocker® Suddenly Salad® classic salad mix. Have this delicious bacon salad ready in just 25 minutes.
Hot Bacon and Pasta Salad
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 25 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 1 box (7.75 oz) Betty Crocker™ Suddenly Salad® classic salad mix
- 4 slices bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1/4 cup sliced onion
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil or vegetable oil
- 1/4 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 4 cups baby spinach
- 1 pear, cut into bite-size pieces
- 4 oz blue cheese, crumbled (1 cup)
Instructions
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Step1Fill 3-quart saucepan 2/3 full of water; heat to boiling. Add Pasta. Gently boil, uncovered, 12 minutes, stirring occasionally; drain. Rinse with cold water to cool; drain well.
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Step2Meanwhile, in 10-inch nonstick skillet, cook bacon and onion, stirring occasionally, until bacon is crisp. Transfer bacon and onion to large bowl with slotted spoon, reserving bacon drippings. Stir Seasoning mix from packet, vinegar, brown sugar, oil and mustard into drippings.
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Step3In large bowl, toss bacon and onion mixture, spinach, pear and dressing until mixed; stir in cooked pasta. Sprinkle cheese over top of salad. Serve warm.
Nutrition
430
Calories
16g
Total Fat
16g
Protein
56g
Total Carbohydrate
15g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 430
- Calories from Fat
- 150
- Total Fat
- 16g
- 25%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 34%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 10%
- Sodium
- 1530mg
- 64%
- Potassium
- 530mg
- 15%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 56g
- 19%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 13%
- Sugars
- 15g
- Protein
- 16g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 60%
- 60%
- Vitamin C
- 10%
- 10%
- Calcium
- 20%
- 20%
- Iron
- 20%
- 20%
Exchanges:
2 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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