This bacon ranch pasta salad is perfect for any potluck, cookout, or back yard BBQ! This ranch pasta salad recipe is loaded with bacon, tomatoes, peas and topped with a healthy ranch dressing. Make extra - this pasta salad disappears FAST! Does your idea of a summer side dish consist of a creamy, delicious pasta salad? This Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad recipe is fantastic for all of your summer cookouts, potlucks and neighborhood get togethers! Made with simple ingredients, this delicious ranch pasta salad recipe comes together with minimal prep. It's great to make ahead as a side dish served with grilled chicken, burgers, chops and sausage. What do I need to make ranch pasta salad? Here's a quick-reference grocery list of the ingredients you'll need to make this … [Read more...]
Greek Yogurt Ranch Dressing
Looking for a healthy homemade ranch dressing? Look no further - this Greek Yogurt Ranch Dressing tastes just like the real deal! Made with just 6 ingredients and NO oils or sugar, this healthy ranch dressing recipe will be your new go-to for ranch! Healthy Homemade Ranch Dressing Recipe using Greek Yogurt! Is your favorite dressing ranch? Do you love the flavor, but not all the calories, toxic oils and high-fructose corn syrup that comes in the bottled stuff? Store-bought, bottled ranch dressing has a whopping 140 calories for 2 tablespoons of dressing! You guys, we can do WAY better! This homemade Greek yogurt ranch dressing has just 6 ingredients, takes just 5 minutes to make, is just 44 calories per serving, as best of all tastes incredible! Let me show you how EASY it … [Read more...]
Parmesan Ranch Chicken Tenders
These Ranch Chicken Tenders are the perfect dinner solution! Do your kids eat chicken tenders like they're going out of style? Then these baked Parmesan Ranch Chicken Tenders are definitely for you! Baked with a Parmesan ranch coating, these chicken tenders are easy to make and come out of the oven crispy and loaded with flavor! If you have kids, or grand kids, you likely know that they tend to really love chicken tenders. My son, in particular, could eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner if I let him. The fact of the matter is, while I occasionally buy the frozen ones from the grocery store, I know that baking our own chicken tenders is much healthier. I've finally come up with an easy recipe in these Parmesan Ranch Chicken Tenders, that uses regular chicken breasts, and is … [Read more...]
Parmesan Ranch Steak Fries
The BEST Baked Parmesan Steak Fries! Wondering how to make steak fries? These crispy, baked steak fries will be a new family favorite! Healthier than greasy, fried potatoes, these thick cut potato wedges are coated in Parmesan cheese and ranch seasoning and baked to perfection! How to make Steak Fries in the Oven Would you consider you and your family to be meat and potato eaters? Do you love a good steak with a baked potato, and drool at the idea of a juicy burger with a big side of fries? My family and I are definitely these people! We love grilling, slow cooking, braising and roasting pretty much any type of meat, and with that always comes a great side - specifically a really good (and easy!) potato recipe. Throwing together some … [Read more...]
Twice-Baked Chicken, Bacon & Ranch Potatoes
Leftovers - love 'em or leave 'em? I go back and forth all the time. I mostly love them. I learned, very early in my life, to cook for a crowd. I am one of four kids, so growing up I was usually helping cook a large meal that would feed at least six people for dinner. Portions were large, as my brothers could easily eat enough for two people. Now that I have a small family (just three of us), I tend to still cook like there are six people in the house. Over the years, I have learned to gradually scale back the amount of food I cook, but there is usually still way more food for just one meal. Thus, leftovers! The part of "leftovers" that I love is the fact that there is no food prep involved for making another meal. Yesss!!! That equates to a major time savor. And any … [Read more...]
