How to Make Homemade Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad

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Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have lauren's bacon ranch pasta salad using 19 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad:

1. Take 1 (12 oz) box small shell or rotini pasta
2. Get 5 strips bacon
3. Take 1 cup chopped cucumbers
4. Make ready 1 cup chopped tomatoes
5. Get 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
6. Get 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
7. Get 1 1/4 cup ranch dressing or more to taste
8. Get My Homemade Ranch Dressing
9. Prepare 1/2 cup Mayo
10. Get 1/2 cup buttermilk
11. Make ready 1/4 cup sour cream
12. Take 1/2 tsp dried parsley
13. Get 1/2 tsp dried dill weed
14. Take 1/2 tsp dried chives
15. Make ready 1/2 tsp onion powder
16. Make ready 1/2 tsp garlic powder
17. Prepare 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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