Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, lauren's bacon ranch pasta salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lauren's bacon ranch pasta salad using 19 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad:

1. Get 1 (12 oz) box small shell or rotini pasta
2. Get 5 strips bacon
3. Prepare 1 cup chopped cucumbers
4. Prepare 1 cup chopped tomatoes
5. Prepare 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
6. Make ready 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
7. Take 1 1/4 cup ranch dressing or more to taste
8. Take My Homemade Ranch Dressing
9. Make ready 1/2 cup Mayo
10. Prepare 1/2 cup buttermilk
11. Prepare 1/4 cup sour cream
12. Prepare 1/2 tsp dried parsley
13. Prepare 1/2 tsp dried dill weed
14. Take 1/2 tsp dried chives
15. Prepare 1/2 tsp onion powder
16. Get 1/2 tsp garlic powder
17. Prepare 1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce
18. Take 1/4 tsp salt
19. Get 1/8 tsp black pepper

Instructions to make Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad:

1. Cook bacon in skillet or oven at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes or until crispy.
2. Cook pasta according to package instructions. Remember to salt the pasta water so the noodles have some flavor. I use about 1 teaspoon salt. Drain the pasta and rinse under cold water so pasta can cool.
3. In a mixing bowl combine the cooled pasta, cucumber, tomatoes, mozzarella cheese parmesan cheese and bacon. Stir. Add ranch and stir again to coat the noodles and veggies in the ranch.
4. Serve right away or let it refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving. Pasta salad tends to dry out in the fridge so don't leave it in there too long before serving. If needed, add some additional dressing or a dash of olive oil and give it a good stir to moisten it back up.

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