Recipe: Perfect Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad

Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad.

You can have Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad using 19 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad

1. It's 1 (12 oz) of box small shell or rotini pasta.
2. Prepare 5 strips of bacon.
3. It's 1 cup of chopped cucumbers.
4. It's 1 cup of chopped tomatoes.
5. You need 1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese.
6. It's 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese.
7. You need 1 1/4 cup of ranch dressing or more to taste.
8. It's of My Homemade Ranch Dressing.
9. Prepare 1/2 cup of Mayo.
10. Prepare 1/2 cup of buttermilk.
11. You need 1/4 cup of sour cream.
12. Prepare 1/2 tsp of dried parsley.
13. It's 1/2 tsp of dried dill weed.
14. You need 1/2 tsp of dried chives.
15. Prepare 1/2 tsp of onion powder.
16. You need 1/2 tsp of garlic powder.
17. Prepare 1/2 tsp of worcestershire sauce.
18. It's 1/4 tsp of salt.
19. Prepare 1/8 tsp of black pepper.

Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad step by step

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..