Bacon Broccoli Ranch Pasta Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) package penne pasta
1 head broccoli
1 lb crisp bacon, crumbled
1 (16 ounce) bottle Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® Dressing
2 (2 1/4 ounce) cans black olives
salt and pepper

Preparation

Fry bacon crisp & crumble. You don't want it to still be hot when you add it to pasta salad.
Boil pasta according to package instructions.
While pasta is boiling, cut broccoli into bite size florets.
Rinse pasta in cold water & drain.
In large mixing bowl combine pasta, broccoli, olives, ranch dressing to taste, crumbled bacon and salt & pepper.
(grated chees & grated carrots are nice variations.).
Chill before serving. I like to make it the day before I plan to serve it.