Creamy Bacon & Ranch Pasta Salad
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Pretty to look at and delicious to eat, tri-colored pasta, bacon and creamy ranch dressing – easy pasta salad!
I am on quite a few food committees at church. (imagine that, right?) It seems whenever the funeral food committee calls for help, they need salads. Typically pasta salad or a fruit salad. When I find an easy one, I try to keep the ingredients on hand for if they need something. This is one of those salads. It’s easy to throw together in a snap, and typically I have the ingredients in the pantry.
It simply takes some tri-colored rotini pasta, a ranch dressing packet, some sour cream, mayo, bacon bits, olives and Parmesan cheese. It’s best to let it refrigerate overnight, to get all of those flavors up to full capacity! 😉
Feel free to throw in any other veggies you might enjoy — I love it with tomatoes, but in January, fresh ones are not good here in Nebraska, so I omitted them this time.
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Creamy Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 1 12 ounce package Tri-Colored Rotini Pasta, cooked al dente
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 packet ranch dressing mix
- 1/4 cup real bacon bits or pieces
- 1 2.25 ounce can sliced black olives, drained
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Rinse cooked pasta in cold water, place in a bowl.
- Whisk together sour cream, mayo and ranch. Pour over the top of the pasta and fold to incorporate.
- Add bacon, olives and Parmesan cheese, toss.
- Cover and refrigerate for a couple of hours, or overnight.
- Add fresh veggies like cucumbers and tomatoes if desired.
Nutrition
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This is such a comfort food dish. I am sure everyone love it.
Yummy looking salad
Thanks!