Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, lauren's bacon ranch pasta salad. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lauren's bacon ranch pasta salad using 19 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad:
- Take box small shell or rotini pasta
- Make ready bacon
- Get chopped cucumbers
- Make ready chopped tomatoes
- Prepare shredded mozzarella cheese
- Prepare parmesan cheese
- Make ready ranch dressing or more to taste
- Make ready My Homemade Ranch Dressing
- Take Mayo
- Get buttermilk
- Make ready sour cream
- Take dried parsley
- Make ready dried dill weed
- Take dried chives
- Make ready onion powder
- Prepare garlic powder
- Take worcestershire sauce
- Prepare salt
- Make ready black pepper
It features mini penne noodles cooked to perfection, smoky bacon, crunchy celery, and onions in a zesty ranch dressing. Boil pasta according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water, stir so they don't stick. Let cool while you prep the rest.
Steps to make Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad:
- Cook bacon in skillet or oven at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes or until crispy.
- Cook pasta according to package instructions. Remember to salt the pasta water so the noodles have some flavor. I use about 1 teaspoon salt. Drain the pasta and rinse under cold water so pasta can cool.
- In a mixing bowl combine the cooled pasta, cucumber, tomatoes, mozzarella cheese parmesan cheese and bacon. Stir. Add ranch and stir again to coat the noodles and veggies in the ranch.
- Serve right away or let it refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving. Pasta salad tends to dry out in the fridge so don't leave it in there too long before serving. If needed, add some additional dressing or a dash of olive oil and give it a good stir to moisten it back up.
Drain and rinse with cold water, stir so they don't stick. Let cool while you prep the rest. Mix the ranch seasoning, sour cream and mayo together until well combined. In a large mixing bowl, combine the mayonnaise, ranch dressing, green onions, bacon, garlic salt, onion powder, and pepper until well combined. Add your cooled noodles and cheddar cheese.
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