Recipe: Yummy Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad

Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad. The fresh onions, garlic, tomatoes, broccoli and olives really makes this pasta salad pops. The perfect side dish for a summer bbq! Rinse the macaroni and vegetables in cold water and drain.

Obviously, I need to be making this year round. First let's talk about the dressing. Rinse cooked pasta with cold water to cool it down. You can have Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad

You need 3 cups of bow-tie pasta, uncooked.
You need 2/3 cup of cheddar cheese crumbles.
You need 6 slices of cooked bacon, diced.
It's 2-3 of small tomatoes, seeded & diced.
It's 2/3 cup of fresh broccoli, chopped.
You need 2/3 cup of red onions, diced.
It's 1/3 cup of black olives.
Prepare 1/2 cup of mayonnaise.
Prepare 1/2 cup of creamy ranch dressing.
You need 1 clove of garlic, minced.
Prepare 1/2-1 teaspoon of oregano.

Dump cold pasta into a large mixing bowl. Add the mayo and ranch dressing to the bowl. Stir until pasta is completely coated in dressing. Love it even more in pasta salad form with charred corn, broccoli, and Cheddar cheese.

Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad step by step

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....

Toss pasta with charred corn, broccoli, shredded carrot, shredded Cheddar cheese, celery, green onions, and ranch dressing until well combined. The recipe makes a big batch of pasta salad and it's easy to double for a crowd. Be the first to rate & review! Seriously good pasta salad starts with homemade ranch dressing. Prepare pasta according to package directions.