Cheesy Chicken and Bacon Ranch Pasta

8 slices Bacon, cooked and chopped up

• 2 lbs Chicken (I used canned chicken) 

1 tbsp Garlic (I used fresh and minced it)

• 1 cup Ranch dressing

1 box Rotini noodles1 packet Ranch dressing mix, dry2 cups Monterey jack cheese (I used Colby/Jack shredded mix)

Instead of the cup of ranch and the dry packet. I used 1 cup of Mayo 1/2 cup of milk and mixed it with a Western Family Dry ranch packet.  

• Heat a pan to medium heat on the stove. Drizzle oil on you pan.You can use which ever type of cooking oil you prefer, I used coconut oil.
• Dice your chicken into bite sized pieces, then sauté them in a pan on the stove until cooked.
• About mid way of cooking the chicken add in the garlic.
• While cooking the chicken boil the noodles. When they are done drain them and set aside.
• While cooking noodles and chicken also cook your bacon, you can do it in the microwave or you can do it on the stove just make sure it is cooked crispy! I prefer cooking it on the stove.
• Once chicken is done add chicken to pasta, then add the bacon.
• Then add the ranch dressing and the dry ranch mix. stir well to make sure everything is good and coated.
• Get out a big baking dish and spray with non stick spray, pour mixture into your pan top with cheese.
• bake at 350 for about 15 minutes (until the cheese is melted)

Adapted from a recipe on Midgetmomma.com