Rinse pasta with cold water; set aside ... toss to combine until evenly incorporated. Then, pour the ranch dressing over the pasta salad and mix until combined. Refrigerate the cooled pasta ...
making cold pasta harder and less absorbent. Adding more dressing or oil isn't the answer because the salad can end up completely waterlogged or a gooey mess. The trick for a perfectly dressed ...
This recipe doesn't specify to cool the noodles in a cold rinse or ice bath ... although she often used ranch dressing as the base. This pasta salad required minimal prep work I used cavatappi ...