This super easy Ranch BLT Pasta Salad is a great side dish or main dish recipe. It's made with Marie's Creamy Ranch Dressing, rotini pasta, crumbled bacon, cherry tomatoes, red onion, orange pepper, and romaine lettuce. This ranch salad might just make a regular appearance on your menu, especially when warmer temperatures roll around.
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Equipment
large bowl
Ingredients
1lb.bacon
16ouncesrotini pasta
¼cupmayonnaise
1 cupMarie's Creamy Ranch Dressing
2cupshalved cherry tomatoes
½cupdiced red onion
1orange peppercored, seeded and diced for a pop of color, if desired
2cupschopped Romaine lettuce
salt and pepperto taste
Instructions
Bake bacon according to these instructions. Drain on a plate lined with paper towels and once cooled, crumble into small pieces.
Cook rotini pasta according to manufacturer's directions for 10 minutes. Drain and allow to cool completely. Once cooled, pour into a large bowl.
Whisk together the mayonnaise and Marie's Creamy Ranch Dressing in a medium bowl.
Into the large bowl with the pasta, pour the dressing mixture, cherry tomatoes, red onion, and orange pepper. Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Add the cooked bacon and chopped Romaine lettuce and mix until completely combined. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve.