Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad. Cheddar, bacon, and ranch dressing make a fast and flavorful pasta salad. Footnotes Partner Tip; Reynolds® Aluminum foil can be used to keep food moist, cook it evenly, and make clean-up easier. Make this delicious cold pasta salad for your parties or potlucks!
This creamy, cold pasta salad is bursting with fresh ingredients like tomatoes, broccoli, crisp bacon, cheddar, olives and red onions.
The ranch-mayo dressing is the perfect balance to provide flavor and creaminess without overpowering the other ingredients.
Heck, it's even great just on Saturdays!
You can have Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad
- It's 3 cups of bow-tie pasta, uncooked.
- Prepare 2/3 cup of cheddar cheese crumbles.
- Prepare 6 slices of cooked bacon, diced.
- It's 2-3 of small tomatoes, seeded & diced.
- It's 2/3 cup of fresh broccoli, chopped.
- Prepare 2/3 cup of red onions, diced.
- Prepare 1/3 cup of black olives.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of mayonnaise.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of creamy ranch dressing.
- It's 1 clove of garlic, minced.
- It's 1/2-1 teaspoon of oregano.
This girl is not a huge fan of mayonnaise, so I wanted to come up with a creamy pasta salad that had a little bit more flare to it than other easy pasta salad. This bacon cheddar ranch pasta salad is perfect for potlucks or a cool summer dinner! It's cheesy, it has bacon and it's all drizzled with ranch dressing. There's even a full serving of vegetables!
Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad instructions
- Cook pasta until al dente. Be careful not overcook. Drain pasta and rinse with cold water until pasta is cool. Add drained pasta to a large bowl. Add in the bacon, broccoli, red onions, black olives, and tomatoes. essing in with the pasta mixture until well coated..
- Toss to combine. (you may need to add a tiny bit of water to moisten the pasta if it's too sticky to toss) In a small bowl, stir together the mayonnaise, ranch dressing, garlic and oregano. When ready to serve, mix the dressing.
- Serve immediately..
- Notes- when I made this I was low on ingredients so I substitute it for lettuce, and my kids don’t black olives so I left it out. I just used ranch because I have no mayo....
Plus, it only takes minutes to throw together. Every summer gathering needs a pasta salad! Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad: a quick, easy & creamy pasta salad with cheddar cheese, bacon, peas & ranch seasoning all tossed together for a great potluck dish! This Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad is going to be your new favorite side dish to take to a party, a potluck, a bbq…or to eat all all alone. Cook the pasta according to the directions on the package, adding a generous tablespoon or so of kosher salt to the water as it cooks.