Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad
Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. 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:
  1. Get box small shell or rotini pasta
  2. Take bacon
  3. Prepare chopped cucumbers
  4. Get chopped tomatoes
  5. Take shredded mozzarella cheese
  6. Take parmesan cheese
  7. Get ranch dressing or more to taste
  8. Get My Homemade Ranch Dressing
  9. Prepare Mayo
  10. Make ready buttermilk
  11. Get sour cream
  12. Make ready dried parsley
  13. Get dried dill weed
  14. Make ready dried chives
  15. Get onion powder
  16. Get garlic powder
  17. Get worcestershire sauce
  18. Make ready salt
  19. 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:
  1. Cook bacon in skillet or oven at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes or until crispy.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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