BLT Chopped Tiny Pasta Salad.

This BLT chopped pasta salad is one of my favorite side dishes to make! Tiny pasta, crispy bacon, juicy tomatoes, romaine and shaved parmesan are coated in a zesty, tangy vinaigrette. Delicious!

This is going to become your new favorite pasta salad! 

This BLT chopped pasta salad is packed with ditalini pasta, chopped romaine, tomatoes, bacon and has an incredible tangy vinaigrette to top it all over. It’s delicious and easy and a big crowd pleaser.

Great for a party, but even better for dinner tonight! 

And yes, why I am in a big BLT mood at the moment. Tomatoes are at their peak after all! 

There’s a reason this is the best pasta salad ever… it’s chopped. Shocking, I know. 

I’m sure you’ve heard me ramble over and over again for years about how chopped salads were my gateway salads. 

Getting a bite of everything on the fork? Obsessed. 

Not having to chew a big piece of lettuce or chicken or a giant tomato awkwardly? Even better. 

I’m such a texture person, that having all the ingredients chopped in one bowl is divine. The crunchy crispness is perfect and exactly what I crave.

And exactly how I crave a salad! 

So this is that. Sure, there are many other BLT pasta salads out there – I’ve even shared another version of one before with broccoli that I adore. 

But it’s not the same as this.

This one requires a tiny tiny cut of pasta. Ditalini. Even orzo. Stelline. Sometimes small and miniscule that makes everything else stand out too. 

It’s not about a big noodle with a chunk of tomato. 

It’s chopped romaine. Chopped tomatoes! Lots of tiny crushed bacon pieces – extra crispy of course. 

And then the dressing. A super zesty shallot-y italian that coats every inch of the salad. 

Lots of shaved parmesan! Shaved is the key because it’s so enjoyable to eat. Not shredded or grated. Buy it shaved or grab your vegetable peeler and shave it yourself.  (more…)

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