This Bacon Pea Pasta Salad recipe is a summertime favorite!  Loaded with bacon, peas, creamy goat cheese and a basil vinaigrette – NO MAYO!  It’s quick and easy to make, can be made in advance and served warm or cold!
Hi, friends!
Happy (almost) Memorial day weekend to all my fellow Americans!
Since the unofficial start of summer is just around the corner, I figured it is the perfect time to share a summertime staple – pasta salad!  Because, ’tis the season for picnics, potlucks and barbecues!  And, you can’t (or shouldn’t) have any type of summer soiree without a proper pasta salad!
While purchasing prepared macaroni salad from the deli at the grocery store is fine if you are in a pinch, they are often too heavy on the mayonnaise or watery and lacking in flavor.  So, why take the bland route when making your own pasta salad is quick, easy and tastes a million times better!" Bacon Pea Pasta Salad
This easy pasta salad is flavorful, light, refreshing and made without a drop of mayonnaise!
It’s loaded with corkscrew macaroni, bright, sweet peas; salty, crumbled bacon, pungent shallots and creamy goat cheese.  Tossed with a zippy homemade basil vinaigrette, this is a pasta salad you are actually going to want to eat!
This mayo-free pasta salad is simple to make, can be prepped in advance, feed a crowd, it travels well and tastes best at room temperature, which makes it perfect for picnics, potlucks and backyard barbecues!
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