Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, lauren's bacon ranch pasta salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lauren's bacon ranch pasta salad using 19 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad:
- Make ready 1 (12 oz) box small shell or rotini pasta
- Prepare 5 strips bacon
- Get 1 cup chopped cucumbers
- Make ready 1 cup chopped tomatoes
- Get 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- Prepare 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
- Get 1 1/4 cup ranch dressing or more to taste
- Take My Homemade Ranch Dressing
- Prepare 1/2 cup Mayo
- Prepare 1/2 cup buttermilk
- Get 1/4 cup sour cream
- Make ready 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- Get 1/2 tsp dried dill weed
- Take 1/2 tsp dried chives
- Get 1/2 tsp onion powder
- Get 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- Take 1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce
- Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
- Get 1/8 tsp black pepper
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.
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