Avocado & Basil Pasta

Avocado lovers in addition to fresh basil lovers, heed upwards ... 'Cause I've got the PERFECT pasta dish for you! This quick in addition to slow pasta, featuring loads of fresh basil in addition to avocado alongside a send upon of bacon, comes together inwards a flash in addition to delivers BIG flavor. In fact, Avocado & Basil Pasta may merely larn your novel weeknight favorite.

Love easy, full-of-flavor dishes? Love creamy, ripe avocados? Love the wonderful scent in addition to flavour of fresh basil? Then you're inwards the correct identify ... 'cause this Avocado & Basil is for you. It volition seat your belly inwards its happy place, ... I'm sure.

It for sure puts my belly inwards it's happy place.

But then, therefore produce Insanely Delicious Turtle Cookies and Pizza Spaghetti Bake in addition to No-Bake Chocolate Eclair Dessert ... Oh, but I digress ...

I came across the master copy recipe for this quick in addition to slow pasta inwards a church building cookbook from i of my Mom's friend's churches. As presently equally I saw it, I knew I had to elbow grease it. I mean, I had never stance to seat avocado in addition to basil together {have you?} ... in addition to it sounded divine.

And yous know what?

It is divine!

Especially when sprinkled alongside a fleck of crumbled bacon in addition to grated Parmesan. 'Cause bacon in addition to Parmesan brand everything better, don't yous think?

Now, I of course, didn't piece of employment out the master copy recipe alone. Nope. I did what I produce best in addition to tweaked it to the hubby's in addition to my liking. Actually, truth hold upwards told, the hubby is the i who added the greatest tweak to this recipe! He's swell at coming upwards alongside creative recipe ideas in addition to tweaks.

The commencement fourth dimension nosotros made this pasta, nosotros decided it needed it an extra hitting of flavour ... a piffling jolt, if yous will. So nosotros started trying a few things, sprinkling or drizzling piffling bits of materials on a few bites in addition to trying it .... until nosotros works life it the matter that gave the piffling offend nosotros were looking for.

And my married adult man Mark is the i who came upwards alongside the 'jolter.' It is ... balsamic vinegar!

Yes, a piffling send upon of balsamic vinegar compliments the basil in addition to avocado in addition to perks upwards the flavour inwards this dish soooooo beautifully.

So, if yous honey quick. And easy. And flavorful. And creamy ripe avocado. And the wonderful scent in addition to flavour of fresh basil. You'll love this Avocado & Basil Pasta.

Give it a try, in addition to I'm sure you'll seat your belly inwards its happy place.

Avocado Basil Pasta

Source: Adapted from Pass the Plate, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, NC
(Printable recipe)

Ingredients

2 1/2 c. dry bow-tie pasta {about 8 oz.}
2 large avocados
6 slices bacon, cooked & crumbled
1 c. chopped fresh basil
2 T. fresh lemon juice
2 green onions, chopped
2 T. extra-virgin olive oil
1 T. balsamic vinegar
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 c. shredded Parmesan cheese

Directions

Cook pasta inwards salted water, according to bundle directions.
While pasta cooks, combine bacon, basil, light-green onions, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, in addition to pepper inwards a large bowl. Place lemon juice inwards a modest bowl; coarsely chop avocado in addition to toss it alongside the lemon juice {this keeps the avocado from turning brown}. Add avocado in addition to lemon juice mixture to the basil mixture.
Drain pasta; add together the hot pasta to the avocado mixture in addition to toss to combine. Sprinkle alongside Parmesan.

Enjoy!

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