Creamy Pasta Salad

• Meat

  • 1/2 pkg Pepperoni's, mini

• Produce

  • 1 head Broccoli
  • 3 Carrots, medium
  • 1 cup Peas, frozen

• Condiments

  • 1 Ranch dressing

• Pasta & Grains

  • 1/2 box Shaped pasta

• Dairy

  • 8 Monterey jack cheese

Found on simplyrealmoms.com

Ingredients

• ½ box shaped pasta
• 1 head of broccoli, chopped
• 
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
• ½ pkg mini pepperonis (regular size is ok, too)
• 
8 Monterey Jack cheese sticks (snack sticks) cut into chunks (you can use any kind of cheese, but we always have these around, and it is easy to just slice them up!)
• 
3 medium carrots, chopped
• 
Ranch dressing (We use the packet to make our own...much better tasting)

Directions

• Cook pasta according to directions on the box. Drain it.
• Place colander with drained pasta into a bowl with ice and water in it to cool it off.
• Put all the rest of the ingredients, except the ranch dressing into a bowl.
 Pour the cooled pasta onto a clean towel and really dry it off.
• Pour pasta into the bowl
. Stir in the ranch as you like it. A little, a lot—theres no exact science to it. This goes great with any BBQd food, or even as a meal by itself!