Summer May Be Over...

But that doesn't mean you can't still enjoy a good BBQ! In my family we grill all year round. My Dad is out there in rain, snow, sleet, or any other kind of rain inclement, the only thing that can stop him is running out of propane gas for the grill. Although now that I am thinking about it, we didn't actually BBQ this meal. We had an indoor BBQ last night, Mike for whatever reason hates to use our BBQ, which is really quite annoying, but anyway. He wanted to make the hamburgers on our grill pan that he recently discovered (when they were transporting Nick & Stephs gifts down this week, he noticed they got a grill pan, and inquired as to if we had one, we've had one for over 2 years...). I will say the burgers came out really good in the grill pan, although it could have been enhanced by the fact that we cooked the bacon in that pan first.

Anyway I digress. I made this salad once before and Mike absolutely loved it. The best part is it is so low fat, you can have an entire cup of the salad for only 4 weight watchers points, making it a huge win in my book and it's delicious! This salad is perfect for any bbq year round, or even for packing up with your lunch for work. I already can't wait to eat the leftovers! As a note, I used a pint of cherry tomatoes quartered in my salad since they were on sale, buy one get one free, and it worked perfect instead of using larger tomatoes and dicing them.

BLT Macaroni Salad 
Source: Skinny Taste (4 ww pt + for 1 cup!)

8 oz uncooked elbows
4 slices 25% reduced fat center cut bacon
2 large ripe tomatoes, beefsteak or vine ripe, diced small
4 tbsp reduced fat mayonnaise (I used Hellman's)
salt and fresh pepper to taste
2 cups baby spinach

In a large skillet cook bacon on medium-low heat until crispy on both sides. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package directions. Chop tomatoes and combine it along with any accumulated juice with mayonnaise and pepper in a medium bowl. Drain pasta and rinse with cold water to cool. Combine pasta with tomatoes and spinach mixing well. Toss in bacon right before serving.