![]() Your friends and family will love the taste of this original pasta salad it’s creamy but not heavy, and the unique flavor combination of the pasta, dressing, and other stir-ins will have them begging for the recipe. It’s shaped like little ears, modeled after the roofs of old style Italian villas. You can use any shape pasta you like, but my favorite is HemisFares Find #9: Orecchiette from Kroger. All you need are a few basic ingredients, and you can whip it up in no time. It’s easy to make, which is a “must” for me when it comes to recipes, and it takes less than half an hour. That’s why I created this super simple recipe for Creamy Pasta Salad. Summer is here, which means it’s time for lots of picnics and parties full of tasty food! I don’t know about you, but I sometimes get a little stressed out when I’m asked to bring a dish to share, because I don’t have a ton of time and I’m also not a very experienced chef. Pasta salads are a perfect summer supper or side dish to grilled chicken, burgers, steak, you name it.This is a sponsored post for HemisFares™ brand that is available exclusively at Kroger family of stores. My son actually likes turkey bacon more than regular bacon! More Perfect Pasta Salads Another healthy substitution is turkey bacon instead of regular. Rub the chicken with olive oil and season generously with salt & pepper (and a little Italian seasoning if you’d like). You can also use low-fat cheese, mayonnaise, and sour cream. To Cook Chicken Breasts for pasta salad, preheat the oven to 400☏. It speeds up the process a little bit.įor a lower calorie version of this salad, try using Greek yogurt in place of the mayonnaise and sour cream (which I have tried, and it is delicious). When you cook the bacon, chop it up beforehand and then cook it in little pieces so you don’t have to worry about crumbling it afterward.Just make sure the noodles have time to cool completely. If you are in a time crunch, pop the cooked noodles into the freezer for a few minutes before adding them to the rest of the ingredients.Rinse the cooked pasta in cold water to stop the cooking process and give the noodles a chance to get cold enough to add to the rest of the salad ingredients.If I plan ahead, I try to make pasta salads the day before because it gives the flavors time to mix together and settle. Be sure to make this salad ahead of time so that it has time to cool in the fridge.Then in a small bowl, you can mix up the dressing mixture. Assemble the salad ingredients in a large mixing bowl.Pasta salad recipes like this one are super quick to make and feeds a crowd! Gather all your ingredients for your dressing and salad while the noodles cook and assemble it in just minutes.For added protein you can include chopped chicken to this recipe.Now’s the time to empty out your produce drawer in the refrigerator! Feel free to add any veggies you like in this salad. Cherry tomatoes – Cut the tomatoes in half or use grape tomatoes.Īdditional Ingredients for this Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad Recipe.Cheddar cheese – use a block to cut into cubes.Green peas – Frozen green peas, thawed are the best for this recipe.Bacon – cooked and crumbled or chopped into bite size pieces.Milk – for an extra creamy ranch dressing, use whole milk in this recipe.Sour cream – you can use reduced fat if desired.Mayonnaise – or Miracle Whip if that’s your preference.Ranch seasoning mix – Using a packet of Hidden Valley Ranch mix makes for a deliciously creamy ranch dressing.You can use Cavatappi noodles, macaroni, rotini pasta, penne, bowties, small shells, etc. Pasta – Get creative with a pasta shape.It’s the perfect side dish no matter what. The beauty of this creamy pasta salad is you can add or subtract ingredients depending on what you have on hand or what your kids will eat.
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