Ranch Pasta Salad (for the kids)

Tonight we are having ham & cheese sliders with pasta salad. I decided to play it safe, seeing as how the kids can be picky when it comes to eating certain things, and opted to make the boys a separate, kid-friendlier batch of pasta salad. Super Easy...

Ingredients: 

Bow tie noodles ( I used about 2 cups dry noodles)

ranch dressing

Carrots

cucumbers

broccoli 

shredded cheese

1) Boil the noodles. Drain.

Now to get sneaky...Rather than having bigger, more noticeable pieces of vegetables, I snuck them   in by finely shredding them

2) Use a fine cheese grater to shred carrots & cuccumbers. Finely chop a few broccoli florets. 

 3) In medium sized bowl, mix together noodles, veggies, ranch, & shredded cheese.
     * I did not include amounts, because it really depends on how many you're feeding and your kid's preferences. How much ranch, veggies,etc...is up to you.


4) cover and chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.