🥓 BLT Pasta Salad
A fresh and hearty salad with crispy bacon, crisp lettuce, juicy tomatoes, pasta, and a creamy ranch dressing — perfect for picnics or potlucks.
Ingredients
- Bacon – any type; try oven-baked or air-fryer bacon for perfect crispness
- Lettuce – romaine or iceberg
- Pasta – short pasta such as bowtie, rotini, elbow, penne, or ziti
- Tomato – diced into bite-size pieces
- Onion – red or sweet
- Dressing:
- Ranch
- Sour cream
- Mayonnaise
- Garlic
- Lemon juice
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and cool.
- Chop lettuce, tomatoes, and onion.
- Cook bacon until crisp; drain and crumble.
- In a large bowl, mix ranch, sour cream, mayo, garlic, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
- Add pasta, lettuce, tomatoes, onion, and bacon. Toss until evenly coated.
- Chill before serving for best flavor.