Oh, avocados, how I love thee! If you’re as crazy about avocados as I am you’re going to fall in love with this incredibly delicious avocado basil pasta recipe. It’s packed with all the delicious flavors of summer. In addition to perfect, ripe avocados, this pasta dish includes fresh tomatoes, crispy bacon, and parmesan cheese. It’s heaven in a bowl, y’all.

Avocado Basil Pasta
This recipe is one that I crave at least a few times every summer, and I whipped some up today for my family. It’s a really versatile and healthy recipe
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The funny thing about me and avocados is that I actually didn’t try one until I was about 20 years old. I’m not even sure how that’s possible, but, I think it had something to do with the fact that I grew up in a really small town that just didn’t give my family access to a lot of fresh produce.
Sure, I had an abundance of fresh vegetables from my grandpa’s garden—sweet corn, green beans and big, juicy tomatoes for days—but no avocado.
Let’s just say that when I finally tried an avocado, my heart skipped a beat. Literally!
Oh, and speaking of tomatoes, I used cherry tomatoes for this avocado basil pasta but you can roughly chop any ripe tomatoes that you have on hand.
If you ARE using cherry tomatoes just be sure you slice or quarter them so that they can soak up all of the delicious flavors in this avocado basil pasta recipe.
This recipe is one of my all-time favorites and I’m so glad that I finally took the time to share it with all of you. I hope you adore this dish as much as I do!
If you’re looking for another light and healthy recipe featuring avocado, check out my clean eating lettuce wraps with chicken and avocado recipe.
Avocado Basil Pasta
Ingredients
- 8 ounces bow tie pasta
- 2 medium avocados halved, seeded, peeled, and chopped
- 6 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes sliced
- 2/3 cup fresh basil chopped
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese finely shredded
Instructions
- Cook bow tie pasta according to package directions. Drain.
- In a large bowl combine the avocados, chopped tomatoes, crumbled bacon, basil, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, pepper, and salt. Add the pasta and combine, then sprinkle with cheese.

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This is a staple in my home! In the summer, I make this dish once a week. Itโs so light and delicious and filling.ย
Is it served cold and or hot? ย I’m wanting to try it this week.
Our Avocado will be ready for harvest this July and I will surely ย try this recipe…. I have something to share too about Avocado; it’s not a recipe though, it’s how I played it when I was a little. check it here http://www.letmeshareyou.com/lets-play-lets-play-with-avocado/
So yummy. I’ve made it a couple of times now. Tonight I added asparagus. So versatile.
Sounds scrummy! Will be trying this one! All of my favs.
Looks delicious! How many servings does this recipe make?
I made this recipe for New Year’s Day lunch yesterday and we loved it! We’re in Australia and we thought it was perfect for the hot weather – fresh, light and delicious!
I tried this recipe out right away, because I love all the stuff in this pasta! In the end I liked it better without bacon (I tried with and without). Either way, it was sooooo yummy – and you can easily tailor it to make just a quick single serving for lunch (but I still put in a whole avocado because I love it so much).
This looks so delicious, I really have to try it. I’ve been meaning to buy bow pasta and always forget, it makes food more appetizing and pretty. I also love avocados and parmesan cheese, the perfect combo!
Yum! That looks delicious!