This was a wonderful salad!! I have made it several times. It is good on hot days or when you want it to work as a side dish. Although I only used regular rotini noodles instead of the colored ones I am willing to try both. It is also a tasty way to get kids to eat their vegetables!! Mine loved it!! Also I brought it to a recent family reunion and I had none to bring back home with me! Thank you Melissa!
I was skeptical...but this was GREAT. I used all leftovers from the fridge -- spaghetti noodles steamed carrots and cauliflower. I omitted the onion (didn't want) and brocolli (didn't have) substituted red bell pepper for green and used lowfat "parmesan peppercorn ranch" dressing. I've been dieting and made this for a quick lunch yesterday. Give it a try. The pasta really mellows out the peppercorn taste in the dressing. I'll save all my leftover dinner veggies from now on to use in this salad!
We didn't really like this recipe. The Ranch just didn't appeal to us and we are a family of Ranch dressing eaters. I won't make again.
This was a really good recipe that seemed to please the whole family. As vegetarians it can be a challenge to find recipes that have a lot of veggies but are still kid friendly. This was a hit! I made a few changes and used the ranch dressing mix that comes in a powder and mixed it with half milk and half sour cream for a creamier texture then mixed in cracked peppercorns. Also I reserved half of the mixture until right before I served it so it wouldn't all soak into the pasta. I also added soy bacon bits and peas right before serving. This would be great for a barbecue or chuch picnic.
What I love about pasta salads is how forgiving they are... you can take the basic concept and use what you have on hand and it'll always work out. I used grape tomatoes carrots black olives sweet peppers and cucumbers with the Peppercorn Ranch. Yum.:)
Good salad! I subbed red (bell) pepper instead of green & added some cubbed ham. I had to take a portion (1 c.) of the salad out and leave it plain for the baby (egg alergy = no ranch for him) but he ate all that I gave him. I did only use 1/2 of the dressing not because I took out a cup but for a personal prefference. Thanks Lindsay!
I usually make pasta salads with an oil and vinegar based dressing so this was new for me. I liked it. It was great at my cookout.
This is a very good recipe. I made one small change due to the fact that I had extra celery on hand that I wanted to use up so I added it in. It was still very tasty. I think this is a very versatile recipe in that you can probably add just about any kind of veggie you like. It's a keeper!
I could not find peppercorn ranch dressing but I found that the Parmesan Ranch I substituted was very tasty and this is a great potluck pleaser!
