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    May 25, 2016 · Modified: Feb 18, 2021 by Chelsea · This post may contain affiliate links ·

    BLT Tortellini Salad

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    BLT Tortellini Salad - The perfect cold pasta salad that's great for any potluck, picnic, or your summer barbecues. This tortellini salad will be a huge hit whenever you take it! 

    BLT Tortellini Salad - The perfect cold pasta salad that's great for any potluck, picnic, or your summer barbecues. This tortellini salad will be a huge hit whenever you take it!

     

    It's finally starting to feel a little like Memorial Day is right around the corner. For a second, I thought no way it was next weekend a week ago. So much rain and now it's finally in the 80's with the sun shining. Gorgeous! With the warmer weather comes foods that aren't too hot - tortellini salads, salads, macaroni salads, kabobs, pasta salads, you name it. And we all seem to love them, at least my family does.

    If you have tried my popular BLT macaroni salad recipe before, you are going to love this one! The three cheese tortellini brings this salad into a whole new ballgame, my friends. It's so good I couldn't stop eating it when I was mixing the ingredients together. I shouldn't have had as much as I did because I started the keto diet again. Very low carbs and a lot of fat...yum! But it's okay because I'm snacking on black olives and dill pickles as I am writing this. Not so bad, right?

    BLT Tortellini Salad - The perfect cold pasta salad that's great for any potluck, picnic, or your summer barbecues. This tortellini salad will be a huge hit whenever you take it!

     

    This is my new go-to pasta salad dish when we go to BBQ's and potlucks, or even when we host them at our house. It's oh, so creamy and not lightened-up like my BLT macaroni salad with greek yogurt; of course, you can substitute that instead for the sour cream. Either way, it's delicious and will not last very long whenever you serve it.

    BLT Tortellini Salad - The perfect cold pasta salad that's great for any potluck, picnic, or your summer barbecues. This tortellini salad will be a huge hit whenever you take it!

     

    If you prefer another type of tortellini, they are so many; you can substitute it instead for the three cheese, still delicious. I think the sausage one would be great I saw at the store the other day. It does quite a bit of bacon mixed in already, but as my husband likes to say, "More meat in a dish, the better.".

    5 from 2 votes
    BLT Tortellini Salad - The perfect cold pasta salad perfect for any potluck, picnic, or your summer barbecues. This tortellini salad will be a huge hit whenever you take it!
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    BLT Tortellini Salad
    Prep Time
    7 mins
    Cook Time
    20 mins
     

    BLT Tortellini Salad - The perfect cold pasta salad perfect for any potluck, picnic, or your summer barbecues. This tortellini salad will be a huge hit whenever you take it!

    Course: Salad, Side Dish
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: blt, italian pasta, italian pasta salad, tortellini
    Servings: 10
    Calories: 321 kcal
    Ingredients
    • 20 oz three cheese refrigerated tortellini
    • ¾ cup mayonnaise
    • ¼ cup sour cream
    • 8 pieces of bacon, cooked and diced into small pieces
    • 1 large tomato, diced and de-seeded
    • 1 cup diced lettuce
    • 1 tsp garlic powder
    • salt and pepper, to taste
    • 3 tbsp red wine vinegar
    • fresh parsley, to garnish (optional)
    Instructions
    1. Place the tortellini in a generously salted boiling water, reduce the heat to medium, and boil for 7-9 minutes or until al dente. Drain and run under cold water.

    2. Place the cold tortellini, mayonnaise, sour cream, bacon, tomato, lettuce, garlic powder, and red wine vinegar in a large bowl and mix until combined. Add salt and pepper to taste.

    3. Garnish with fresh parsley.

    Recipe Notes

    Nutrition estimated is based upon the brands I used. Yours may vary depending on brands.

    Nutrition Facts
    BLT Tortellini Salad
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 321 Calories from Fat 155
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 17.2g26%
    Cholesterol 19.3mg6%
    Sodium 504.5mg22%
    Carbohydrates 30.6g10%
    Fiber 1.7g7%
    Sugar 1.3g1%
    Protein 9.8g20%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

     

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    1. Carla says

      June 30, 2016 at 1:10 pm

      I added black olives and slices of avocado to my tortellini salad. Yum

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        July 12, 2016 at 9:14 am

        Sounds like a great addition, Carla!

        Reply
    2. Karen Olson says

      August 01, 2017 at 12:33 am

      I'm going to make it with small quickly blanched broccoli florets. I'll let you know how it turns out.

      Reply
    3. Darlene says

      December 27, 2017 at 9:50 am

      Great recipe... the crowd enjoys it very much! I take the dressing ingredients and combined them first. Then add it to the bacon, tomato and tortellini, which is then placed on a bed of lettuce.

      Reply
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