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Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad.
You can cook Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad using 19 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad
- It's 1 (12 oz) of box small shell or rotini pasta.
- Prepare 5 strips of bacon.
- You need 1 cup of chopped cucumbers.
- You need 1 cup of chopped tomatoes.
- It's 1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese.
- You need 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese.
- You need 1 1/4 cup of ranch dressing or more to taste.
- Prepare of My Homemade Ranch Dressing.
- It's 1/2 cup of Mayo.
- You need 1/2 cup of buttermilk.
- It's 1/4 cup of sour cream.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of dried parsley.
- You need 1/2 tsp of dried dill weed.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of dried chives.
- You need 1/2 tsp of onion powder.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of garlic powder.
- It's 1/2 tsp of worcestershire sauce.
- It's 1/4 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 1/8 tsp of black pepper.
Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad instructions
- 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..