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Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. 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 1 (12 oz) box small shell or rotini pasta
- Prepare 5 strips bacon
- Prepare 1 cup chopped cucumbers
- Take 1 cup chopped tomatoes
- Make ready 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- Get 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
- Prepare 1 1/4 cup ranch dressing or more to taste
- Make ready My Homemade Ranch Dressing
- Make ready 1/2 cup Mayo
- Get 1/2 cup buttermilk
- Take 1/4 cup sour cream
- Take 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- Prepare 1/2 tsp dried dill weed
- Get 1/2 tsp dried chives
- Prepare 1/2 tsp onion powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- Take 1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce
- Take 1/4 tsp salt
- Make ready 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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