BLT Ranch Pasta Salad
BLT Ranch Pasta Salad

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, blt ranch pasta salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

BLT Ranch Pasta Salad is only one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. BLT Ranch Pasta Salad is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

This BLT Ranch Pasta Salad is a perfect combination of some of my favourite flavours - bacon, lettuce, tomato sandwiches, creamy ranch dressing, and pasta. I'm always looking for great side dishes in the summer, to go along with whatever we're barbecuing, or to bring to a potluck or picnic. I especially love different pasta salad recipes.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook blt ranch pasta salad using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make BLT Ranch Pasta Salad:
  1. Get 1 pound bacon, chopped and fried crisp
  2. Take 12-16 ounce pasta, cooked well
  3. Take 1-2 large firm tomatoes, diced
  4. Make ready 1 bunch green onions, diced
  5. Make ready 1 cup mayonnaise
  6. Prepare 1/2 cup ranch dressing
  7. Get 1/2 cup milk
  8. Prepare 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
  9. Make ready 1 teaspoon dill weed

It's that time of year where you can just walk outside and smell those outdoor grills cookin' up some delicious burgers, hot dogs, or chicken. This Ranch BLT Pasta salad is also a great potluck dish and can really serve quite a few if you double or triple this recipe (as most pasta dishes do). Recently some friends and I made the recipe this way and we finished off the whole bowl together, with some to spare. This BLT pasta salad is so tasty.

Instructions to make BLT Ranch Pasta Salad:
  1. Cook pasta, a little over cooked is best because it firms up when chilled. Rinse in cold water and leave to drain well.
  2. Chop and cook bacon until crisp and drain on paper towels.
  3. Mix remaining ingredients in a large bowl.
  4. Add in cooled pasta and bacon.
  5. Mix well and serve immediately or store to let flavors blend.
  6. Great as is, or over some greens of your choosing. I had baby spinach on hand, so that's what I used. I also used a 12 ounce box of bow tie pasta this time, but I also love this salad with small-medium shell pasta, but anything you like will work.

It combines all the best parts of a classic BLT - crispy bacon, crunchy lettuce, juicy tomato, and mayo - with rotini pasta and ranch. The flavors are amazing and this salad is the perfect thing to share with family or bring to a backyard barbecue. Yep all the ingredients are here–bacon, lettuce, tomato, and a few more goodies like a creamy dressing and noodles. Make this bowtie pasta salad recipe for your next picnic or potluck to win the "best side dish" award. Ranch BLT Pasta Salad Recipe BLT Pasta Salad with a homemade creamy ranch dressing is exactly what you want to be eating as the weather warms up.

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