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Meat lovers' pizza pasta salad

8
Points® value
Total Time
30 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
10 min
Serves
6
Difficulty
Easy
Italian sausage, pepperoni, bacon, tomato, mozzarella, and Parmesan—the gang’s all here. All the flavours of a classic meat lovers’ pizza come together for a fresher spin, with pasta in place of pizza dough. We use chickpea pasta for a fibre and protein boost, and add lots of vegetables for extra goodness. The salad holds up well for up to three days, so it’s a good meal prep option.

Ingredients

Uncooked chickpea pasta

8 oz, such as rotini or penne

Uncooked sweet Italian turkey sausage

6 oz

Grated Parmesan cheese

2 tbsp(s)

Extra virgin olive oil

2 tbsp(s)

Red wine vinegar

2 tbsp(s)

Kosher salt

¾ tsp(s)

Crushed red pepper flakes

½ tsp(s)

Dried oregano

½ tsp(s)

Baby spinach

3 cup(s), chopped

Grape tomatoes

2 cup(s), halved

Red onion

⅓ cup(s), sliced, very thinly sliced

Part-skim mozzarella cheese

3 oz, diced

Turkey pepperoni

2 oz, chopped

Yellow bell pepper

1 large, thinly sliced

Cooked crisp center cut bacon

4 slice(s), crumbled

Instructions

  1. Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook until al dente, 8 to 9 minutes. Drain the pasta and rinse with cold water; drain well.
  2. Meanwhile, heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium. Remove the casings from the sausage links; crumble the sausage into the pan. Cook until browned and cooked through, stirring occasionally to crumble, 6 to 8 minutes.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk together the Parmesan, oil, vinegar, salt, pepper flakes, and oregano. Add the cooked pasta, cooked sausage, spinach, tomatoes, onion, mozzarella, pepperoni, and bell pepper. Toss well to combine. Pour the pasta salad into a serving bowl. Sprinkle with the bacon.
  4. Serving size: 1 ⅔ cups

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