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I have a new found obsession with making pasta salad, I can’t believe the thought that of making a pasta salad in the past scared me. Now, whenever there is a sale on pasta I stock up on the rotini, bow tie, elbow, macaroni, and whatever other fun shaped pasta that they have!! This recipe came together, because well bacon and ranch need I say more, they make the perfect combination to make Easy Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad (I have included links to some great products that I have bought on my own and we love. You can buy them as well through my online sales links)

We had a celebration of life for close family friends and was a potluck for the get-together. A pasta salad was perfect since I could make it a day or two before and then just grab and go. (It was a hit with everyone there, I had a lot of recipe requests from other people there) Well, it was a sad gathering it was nice to be able to visit with people we hadn’t seen in a long time.

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Easy Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad Ingredients:

2 boxes of Rotini pasta
1 cup of mayo
1 cup of sour cream
2 packages of dry ranch dressing mix
1 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 cup of milk
slices of bacon cooked and chopped (or bacon bits)
4 large tomatoes (or you could do quite a few grape tomatoes instead)
2 cans of sliced black olives
Shredded cheddar cheese
Green onion

Easy Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad Directions:

Start a pot of water boiling for your pasta and cook to the directions

Cut up your bacon and start to fry it in the pan.

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Strain and rinse the pasta with cold water when done

Prep your tomatoes but cutting them, we cut out the innards of the tomatoes to make the recipe look clean and fresh

Drain the juices off the olives

In a large bowl mix together the sour cream, mayo, garlic powder, milk, and ranch packet

*Reserve some bacon, cheese, green onion, and tomato for garnish*

In a bowl throw in all ingredients and mix it up in a big bowl, I opted to use my Tupperware Mega Bowl. My mom got this for me and it has been amazing at mixing everything!! It’s called THATSA® MEGA BOWL and we have used it for everything. You can head over -> here to shop, I earn nothing from this it’s just a rep I love that we got the bowl from. I also found them on Amazon as well -> here!!

Refrigerate overnight to let the flavor soak in, you can mix up more ranch if the salad seems dry the next day.

Serve and enjoy!!!

What is your favorite pasta salad recipe?

*You could add in other veggies like bell peppers to this as well, use other cheeses as well, or premade ranch salad dressing for this cold pasta salad. You could also swap this out for an Italian dressing or Zesty Italian dressing for a different flavor*

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