Lunche for 4

Cream Cheese BLT Pasta Salad

Name: Cream Cheese BLT Pasta Salad
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 lb whole wheat pasta; 3 oz cream cheese; 2 cups baby arugula; 4 slices bacon; 1 pint grape tomatoes; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; salt & pepper; 1 tbsp butter; 2 cloves garlic; 1/4 cup panko bread crumbs

$7.37for 430 minServes 4

Whole wheat pasta, bacon, tomatoes, arugula, and cream cheese are tossed with garlic butter breadcrumbs for lunch.

Photo: runningtothekitchen.com

What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Pasta, 8 oz$0.10/oz typical	8 oz	$0.80Typical price
	Cream cheese, 3 oz$0.30/oz typical	3 oz	$0.90Typical price
	Bok choy and napa cabbage, 0.25 lb$1.99/lb typical	0.25 lb	$0.50Typical price
	Bacon, 0.25$6.49 each typical	0.25	$1.30Typical price
	Cherry and grape tomatoes, 11 oz$0.30/oz typical	11 oz	$3.18Typical price
	Butter, 0.5 oz$0.40/oz typical	0.5 oz	$0.20Typical price
	Garlic, 0.25$0.75 each typical	0.25	$0.15Typical price
	Sandwich bread, a little$2.49 each typical	a little	$0.06Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$7.37

Swaps

Swap butter for margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices
Swap pasta for egg noodlesabout $0.04/oz more at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

Cooking spray, shortening, ghee, coconut and sesame oilSalt and pepper

Not included in the cost.

30 minstart to table
Easydifficulty
4servings as written
$typical cost tier

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Typical price

$1.84 per serving$7.37 for 4

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Ingredients

1/2 lb whole wheat pasta
3 oz cream cheese
2 cups baby arugula
4 slices bacon
1 pint grape tomatoes
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
salt & pepper
1 tbsp butter
2 cloves garlic
1/4 cup panko bread crumbs

Steps

Boil the pasta in salted water until tender, about 10 minutes, then drain and cool with water.
Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat for 8 minutes, turning until crisp, then crumble it.
Melt the butter in the skillet and cook the garlic for 1 minute.
Stir in the panko and cook for 3 minutes until golden, then remove from the heat.
Toss the pasta, cream cheese, arugula, bacon, tomatoes, olive oil, salt, and pepper in a large bowl.
Top the pasta salad with the garlic butter breadcrumbs.

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