Once a week, I try to make a totally vegetarian meal – but that does not always go to plan. Bacon is the ingredient that mostly creeps into my vegetarian plans, and this is why I made Pasta With Tomatoes, Avocado And Bacon. I prefer to call bacon a condiment. It is an ingredient you will always find in my fridge and I really use it to flavour many dishes. I have been known to make popcorn in bacon fat. And no weekend breakfast of omelette will be without bacon.
Pasta with Tomatoes, Avocado and Bacon
Ingredients
- 15 mls olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, peeled and cut in half
- 10 cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 2 rashers bacon, sliced
- 1 avocado, peeled and roughly chopped in big chunks
- 180 g pasta
Method
- warm the olive oil in a pan and add the garlic and the tomatoes
- take the pan off the heat and allow the tomatoes to infuse
- remove the tomatoes and garlic and return the pan to the heat
- cook the bacon until crispy
- add back the tomatoes and the avocado
- toss in the cooked pasta, season and serve
Notes
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EDIT:
These Tandy Tuesday pasta dishes were a regular feature on my blog at the beginning. In 2010 it was all about quick recipes shared every single day. I would cook our meal at night and take a photograph in our kitchen. These photos were taken with my cell phone and with no special lighting. Or consideration to composition. I wrote the recipe down as I made the dish. And the following day I would type up the blog post (as you see it above). The recipe was shared with the world at large and hopefully enjoyed by anyone who tried it.
I am soooooo hungry right now, can you hear my tummy rumble?
sending you some up right away!
snap ! did the same last night.. found these wonderful multi-coloured twirly worley pasta at P & P and made them with roasted vegies ! wonderful.
have a great day ( and I will do that carrot cake today…:):)
I love the multi coloured pasta’s!
Mmmm, sounds gorgeous. With bacon or without!
thanks – the bacon is an optional extra for sure.