Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, bacon cheddar ranch pasta salad. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
The trick is to use the shredded SHARP cheddar cheese. A mild or medium just doesn't hold up to the myriad of flavors in this salad. This creamy, cold pasta salad is bursting with fresh ingredients like tomatoes, broccoli, crisp bacon, cheddar, olives and red onions.
Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have bacon cheddar ranch pasta salad using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad:
- Prepare 3 cups bow-tie pasta, uncooked
- Take 2/3 cup cheddar cheese crumbles
- Make ready 6 slices cooked bacon, diced
- Make ready 2-3 small tomatoes, seeded & diced
- Make ready 2/3 cup fresh broccoli, chopped
- Get 2/3 cup red onions, diced
- Prepare 1/3 cup black olives
- Get 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- Prepare 1/2 cup creamy ranch dressing
- Prepare 1 clove garlic, minced
- Get 1/2-1 teaspoon oregano
Stir until pasta is completely coated in dressing. I love cold pasta salads and this creamy bacon cheddar ranch pasta salad is amongst my favs. I mean can you really go wrong with bacon, cheddar and ranch?? The fresh onions, garlic, tomatoes, broccoli and olives really makes this pasta salad pops.
Instructions to make Bacon Cheddar Ranch Pasta Salad:
- 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…
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