Ranch Pasta Salad Recipe
Super easy ranch pasta salad for a delicious dish just like Ruby Tuesday serves on the salad bar! Perfect as a side dish or a main meal.
Servings: 10 Cups
Calories: 346kcal
Ingredients
- 16 ounces dry rotini pasta
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons mayonnaise not salad dressing
- 6 tablespoons buttermilk
- 1 1/2 tablespoons dry ranch dressing mix
- 1/2 teaspoon season salt
- 8 ounces diced ham patted with a paper towel to remove moisture
- 1 cup frozen green peas
Instructions
- Bring a pot of water to a boil and cook rotini until it is just past al dente.
- Drain into a colander and rinse with cold water until pasta is cool.
- Set pasta aside and allow to dry for about 30 minutes.
- While pasta is cooking, combine mayonnaise, buttermilk, ranch dressing mix, and season salt in a large bowl and mix until combined.
- Add in frozen peas and stir. The peas will thaw a bit during mixing and will finish thawing while pasta cools.
- Add ham and cool, dry rotini and mix until well blended.
- Can be eaten immediately, but flavors will improve by placing into the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.
Notes
- 1/2 cup diced green peppers and/or 2 cups of grated cheddar cheese can be added.
- 1 1/2 cups of Ranch dressing from a bottle, along with 1/2 cup of mayonnaise can be used as a replacement for the mayonnaise, buttermilk, and dry ranch dressing mix. The flavor will be a bit altered.
- Flavors improve with refrigeration.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Cup | Calories: 346kcal | Carbohydrates: 28.4g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 21.1g | Saturated Fat: 3.6g | Cholesterol: 55mg | Sodium: 609mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1.3g