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Prep Time:

10 min

Start to Finish:

25 min

Makes:

16 to 20 servings

Creamy Ranch Pasta Salad

Need a potluck pleaser? Here's one that's ready in minutes, and there's enough to feed a crowd.

Ingredients

  • 2 packages Betty Crocker® Suddenly Salad® ranch & bacon pasta salad mix
  • 1 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 8 medium green onions, chopped (1/2 cup)
  • 2 medium stalks celery, thinly sliced (1 cup)
  • 6 hard-cooked eggs, coarsely chopped
  • 1 hard-cooked egg, sliced, if desired
  • Paprika, if desired

Directions

  1. Empty Pasta mix into 3-quart Dutch oven 2/3 full of boiling water. Gently boil uncovered 12 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain pasta; rinse with cold water. Shake to drain.
  2. In large bowl, stir together seasoning mixes (from salad mix), mayonnaise, mustard, onions and celery. Stir in pasta and chopped eggs until evenly coated. Garnish with hard-cooked egg slices and paprika.

Nutritional Information

  • 1 Serving :
    • Calories : 230 (Calories from Fat: 130)
    • Total Fat : 14g (Saturated Fat: 2½g, Trans Fat: 0g)
    • Cholesterol : 90mg
    • Sodium : 370mg
    • Total Carbohydrate : 19g (Dietary Fiber: 0g, Sugars: 3g)
    • Protein : 7g
  • Percent Daily Value* :
    • Vitamin A (%DV) : 10%
    • Vitamin C (%DV) : 0%
    • Calcium : 2%
    • Iron (%DV) : 6%
  • Exchanges :
    • Starch : 1
    • Other Carbohydrate : 0
    • Vegetable : 0
    • Medium-Fat Meat : 0½
    • Fat : 2½
  • Carbohydrate Choices :  1
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Recipe Tip:

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For foolproof hard-cooked eggs, place eggs in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water (at least 1 inch above eggs). Heat water to boiling; remove from heat. Cover and let stand 20 minutes. Immediately cool in cold water.