California Club Pasta Salad

By vealam

Ingredients

• Honey Avocado Dressing:
• 1/2 avocado, chopped
• juice of one lemon
• 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• pinch of salt
• Pasta:
• 16 oz Mini Shell Pasta, cooked and cooled
• 6 slices of bacon, cooked
• 2 cups of cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1 1/2 cups colby jack cheese, cubed
• 2 cups of spinach, chopped
• 3 turkey tenderloins
• Olive Oil
• Season salt
• salt to taste

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 5mins
Cooking time 55mins
Adapted from ohsweetbasil.com

Preparation

Step 1

Dressing:
throw all of the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth and no chunks remain. add a little more honey if your avocado wasn't ripe enough and the sauce is a bit to tart.

Pasta:
heat the oven to 350 degrees. in a baking dish, add the turkey, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with a little season salt. bake for 20-30 minutes. remove from the oven and allow to cool. chop into 1/2" pieces and set aside.
place the pasta in a big bowl and add the dressing a little at a time while stirring until evenly coated, about 1 cup. next, chop the bacon and toss it, the tomatoes, cheese, spinach and turkey in with the pasta and season with salt to taste. chill before serving, up to one day ahead or at least 20 minutes.