Avocado Bacon Pasta Salad

6 slices bacon
8 ounces bow-tie pasta (or rotini or shells)
1/2 sweet onion, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons lemon juice (or to taste)
3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
pepper
5-6 cherry tomatoes
1 ripe avocado

Cook the bacon until crisp and cook the pasta according to directions on the package.

When the pasta is cool, crumble the bacon into it. Add the onion, red pepper, garlic powder, and mayonnaise and mix thoroughly. Add lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate at this point if you are not going to eat it right away.

Before serving, add the chopped avocado and halved cherry tomatoes.