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

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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:
  1. Prepare 1 (12 oz) box small shell or rotini pasta
  2. Make ready 5 strips bacon
  3. Make ready 1 cup chopped cucumbers
  4. Prepare 1 cup chopped tomatoes
  5. Take 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  6. Take 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
  7. Get 1 1/4 cup ranch dressing or more to taste
  8. Get My Homemade Ranch Dressing
  9. Take 1/2 cup Mayo
  10. Make ready 1/2 cup buttermilk
  11. Prepare 1/4 cup sour cream
  12. Make ready 1/2 tsp dried parsley
  13. Get 1/2 tsp dried dill weed
  14. Make ready 1/2 tsp dried chives
  15. Take 1/2 tsp onion powder
  16. Take 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  17. Make ready 1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce
  18. Take 1/4 tsp salt
  19. Take 1/8 tsp black pepper
Instructions 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.

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