Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, ranchy pasta salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Ranch Pasta Salad I've made this salad for years—it's a recipe from a high school friend's mom. Any time I serve a sandwich meal like hamburgers, hot dogs or sloppy joes, I have this flavorful salad alongside.—Mrs. Krista E Collins, Concord, North Carolina Very, very good pasta salad!
Ranchy Pasta Salad is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Ranchy Pasta Salad is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have ranchy pasta salad using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Ranchy Pasta Salad:
- Make ready 1 box pasta shells
- Take 3 celery stalks- finely chopped
- Prepare 1 small tomato- diced
- Take 1 small onion-finely chopped
- Make ready 1 packages Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning mix
- Take 16 oz Ranch Dressing- I used Ken's Steakhouse Ranch
It goes great with anything grilled or with sandwiches. It's also great with cooked meat added and served as a cold meal. Ranch Pasta Salad is the best pasta salad side dish! Rotini noodles, cucumber, tomato, broccoli, parmesan cheese with an easy dressing of ranch.
Steps to make Ranchy Pasta Salad:
- Prepare pasta shells according to the directions on the package. (I added 2 tablespoons of canola oil to the boiling water for the pasta)
- Mix celery, tomatoes and onions in a separate bowl
- Drain pasta and let cool for about 10-20 minutes
- In a large bowl combine pasta, onions, tomatoes ,celery and about half of the Ranch seasoning and half of the Ranch dressing
- Mix very well!
- Add the remaining Ranch dressing and seasoning mix and stir
- Can be served immediately or put in the refrigerator to cool
Cook pasta in a large pot of salted water. Return to a boil and continue cooking until pasta is al dente and broccoli is crisp-tender. Drain and rinse with cold water. Quote me: The best kind of salad is the kind with pasta in it. This vegan ranch pasta salad has all the goods: rotini pasta, homemade vegan ranch, raw broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and cucumbers.
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