Easy Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad Recipe

This Easy Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad Recipe is now one of my go-to summertime recipes. 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!! (I have included affiliate links to products I love. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

We had a celebration of life for close family friends and it 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? 

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Easy Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad

Easy Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad is perfect to whip up for any potluck or bbq get together! This is easy to make ahead of time and perfect with grilled food!   

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword Bacon, Pasta Salad, Ranch

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

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
• 4 large tomatoes 
• 2 cans of sliced black olives 
• Shredded cheddar cheese 
• Green onion 

Instructions

1. Start a pot of water boiling for your pasta and cook to the directions
2. Cut up your bacon and start to fry it in the pan.
3. Strain and rinse the pasta with cold water when done
4. Prep your tomatoes but cutting them, we cut out the innards of the tomatoes to make the recipe look clean and fresh
5. Drain the juices off the olives
6. In a large bowl mix together the sour cream, mayo, garlic powder, milk, and ranch packet
7. *Reserve some bacon, cheese, green onion, and tomato for garnish*
8. In a bowl throw in all ingredients and mix it up in a big bowl,
9. Refrigerate overnight to let the flavor soak in, you can mix up more ranch if the salad seems dry the next day.
10. Serve and enjoy!!!