Description
A vibrant and hearty Loaded Cobb Pasta Salad recipe featuring rotini pasta, crisp lettuce, creamy avocado, smoky bacon, and tangy vinaigrette. Perfect for picnics, potlucks, or light dinners.
Ingredients
225g rotini pasta 3 cups chopped romaine lettuce 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes 6 slices cooked and crumbled bacon 4 hard-boiled eggs, sliced 1 avocado, diced 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion 1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles (optional) 1/4 cup olive oil 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook rotini pasta according to package directions. Drain, rinse with cold water, and let it cool. Chop romaine lettuce, halve cherry tomatoes, cook and crumble bacon, peel and slice eggs, dice avocado, and thinly slice red onion. In a small jar or bowl, whisk together olive oil, red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, garlic, salt, and pepper until emulsified. In a large bowl, combine cooled pasta, lettuce, tomatoes, bacon, eggs, avocado, and red onion. Drizzle with vinaigrette and toss until evenly coated. Garnish with blue cheese crumbles if desired. Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to eat.
Notes
Use al dente pasta to keep salad from getting mushy. Add avocado just before serving to keep it from browning. You can swap blue cheese for feta or omit it entirely.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: Tossed
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1.5 cups
- Calories: 380
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 480mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 16g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 13g
- Cholesterol: 110mg