Ranch Pasta Salad With Bacon

"A delightful pasta salad with the great taste of bacon, cheddar cheese and a creamy sauce made from a packet of ranch dressing. My coworkers ask me to bring this to covered luncheons often. Time does not include chill time."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
8-10
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ingredients

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directions

  • Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Stir in rotini pasta and cook for 10 to 12 minutes or until al dente, drain.
  • Place bacon in a skillet over medium-high heat and cook until evenly brown. Drain and chop.
  • In a large bowl, mix mayonnaise, ranch dressing mix and garlic powder. Stir in milk until smooth. Add bacon, tomato, black olives and cheese and toss to coat with dressing. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  • Cover and chill at least 1 hour in the refrigerator. Toss with additional milk if the salad seems a little dry.

Questions & Replies

  1. Hi , can this salad be made the night before an event ? THANKS !
     
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Reviews

  1. The only change I made was to omit the olives. Delicious salad with a wonderful flavor! Made for A/NZ recipe swap.
     
  2. I have made this several times this summer. I used farmers market heirloom tomatoes. I only used about 2 teaspoons of ranch dressing mix. I left out the bacon watching my sodium. I added about five green onions chopped. Love this recipe. Thanks for submitting it
     
  3. loved by all at our monthly pool party :) I did add bit more milk and one small cucumber
     
  4. Wow! This turned out really well! The only change I made was that I added cucumber and chopped olives. My family couldn't get enough.
     
    • Review photo by Shauna S.
  5. I made this to bring to a pot luck. I used low fat ingredients and low sodium bacon. I increased the amount of bacon, tomatoes and cheese from the original recipe, otherwise too much pasta. I added salt and pepper and the salad does not need salt with all the bacon. I thought it tasted salty but others did not. It was only refrigerated for about an hour and I think all pasta salads should chill longer than that to get all the flavors melded. All in all, very good and pretty fast and easy. I think it would serve at least 12 as a side dish, even more on a buffet/pot luck.
     
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