This is an easy pasta salad that I threw together on a Sunday afternoon to have for lunches and as a ready to go dinner side dish early in the week.  I’ve been using veggie pasta here lately to try and sneak more veggies into the kids and it’s a jackpot when it’s quick and easy to make and they like it. Just look at these colors… add to that the colored pasta and it’s a gorgeous dish.

Let’s Get Crafty!
Make the ranch dressing:
3 Tablespoons of ranch dressing mix
1/2 cup fat free greek goddess yogurt
1/2 sour cream
Stir all together and put in the fridge to combine while making the pasta

Cook 1 pound of pasta according to the directions
Be sure to get in ice water when done to stop the cooking process

While the pasta is cooking – cut up your veggies:
Whatever you have on hand will work.  We used: peas, black olives, carrots, tomatoes and yellow pepper.  Ham steaks were on sale at the store, so I had one ready to use and cut that up to add some protein to the mix.

Mix everything together and refrigerate.  
It’s nice to give it a couple hours in the fridge, if possible, to help everything come together and get cold.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great rest of your day.