Are you looking for an easy and good summer pasta salad? Well look no further! Pasta salads are my favorite, and perfect for summertime picnics and barbecues! Over the 4th of July weekend I planned on making a traditional macaroni salad, but decided to change it up a bit instead. This year I put a spin on an old favorite and added, bacon, additional veggies and ranch dressing turning it into a Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad.
Pasta is my favorite as well as my weakness! I love how you can mix just about anything with pasta and it transforms into a meal, side or salad in matter of minutes. I think pasta salads should be easy and not all fancy schmancy.
This weekend I was short on time, so easy was just what I needed. I remembered that I had a couple bottles of Marzetti's® Simply Dressed Ranch Dressing in the refrigerator, so I decided to use that instead of a homemade dressing or packet mix.
After chopping all the veggies, cooking the pasta, and bacon, I add all the ingredients into a into a large bowl and tossed it together with the dressing. Yum I could already smell all the flavors coming together. You could use bacon bits if you're in a pinch for time, but nothing replaces the flavor of fresh crisp cooked bacon.
After chilling I served the salad and everyone loved it! All that pasta with fresh, brightly colored vegetables, like broccoli, red, green and orange peppers, celery, cucumbers, tomatoes and onions. The ranch dressing gave it the perfect creaminess and flavor that I was looking for.
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5 comments:
Salad looks Fantastic and I love Ranch dressing but have never had the Marzetti's dressing so will be giving that a try.
A nice cold pasta salad always tastes good on a hot summer day.
Will be making this salad up soon. :} Thank you
Enjoy your day and have a wonderful and fun weekend
ColleenB. ~ Texas
I made this great pasta salad yesterday. I used packaged bacon pieces instead of frying up bacon and bought Maries ranch dressing instead of Marzettis because I got the two brands mixed up. The pasta salad was awesome.....5 stars!!!
Gorgeous-looking salad! Will be making this one. Thank you for sharing it!
Great salad, I did change it up just a touch though. I fried my bacon in my pasta pot, then added water (but no salt) to boil my pasta. The bacon flavor cooked into the pasta & added just a hint more bacon flavor. Thanks for the recipe!
Very tasty recipe, perfect on a hot summer evening and when I can use lots of veggies right out of the garden. Only change I made was I threw the brocolli into the pasta for the last minute of cooking, made the brocolli tender but still has it's bright green.
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