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My Favorite Lunch Salad

My favorite lunch salad for over a decade. Easy to make your own, the best part twisty pasta that is tossed.
The recipe below is for one base-salad, feel free to add in any extra toppings. If you want to prep ahead for the week, make to increase the quantities.
Prep Time20 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: easy receipe, lunch, salad
Servings: 1
Calories:

Ingredients

  • 1 Romaine Lettuce - roughly chopped
  • 1-2 handfuls Fusilli Pasta - fully cooked
  • ¼ cup Cheese - chopped provolone or grated Parmesan
  • ½ cup Halved Cherry Tomatoes
  • 1 TBSP Chopped Bacon - fully cooked
  • 3 TBSP Your Favorite Salad Dressing

My Favorite Additional Toppings

  • Hard Boiled Eggs
  • Sunflower Seeds
  • Leftover Chicken - cubed
  • Deli Turkey or Ham - cubed

Instructions

  • Chop the romaine lettuce and clean in a salad spinner.
  • In a large bowl add your chopped lettuce, add the pasta, cheese, cherry tomatoes and bacon. Toss to combine.
    Pack up and take to work, store in the refrigerator until lunchtime.
  • Add your dressing, toss and eat immediately.