Yummy side dishes

I love easy side dishes that I can make early in the day to serve along with dinner at 6:00 when my hubby walks through the door. Yes...i strive to be a good wife/mother! HAHAThis pasta salad is soooo good and easy to whip up. It is a favorite of mine, and you can do LOTS of variety to change it up.

Ingredients:

1 Box of pasta (I used the garden rotini this time, but have used regular and macaroni too)

I cucumber cut into bite size pieces

1 bell pepper chopped

1 half bag of cheese chucks ( I used the colby jack kind-Pepper jack would be awesome)

1 half package of ham cubes (more or less if you like)

1 stalk celery

1/2 bottle of light ranch dressing (eyeball how much you like...you may have to add more after it sits in fridge for a while!)

Mix all together,cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours so it all combines together well.

You could use Italian dressing too...that would be good, or the mini pepperoni in place of the ham would be awesome. The variations are endless.

UUmm this is what is for dinner tonight!

Broccoli slaw is another easy side to make ahead.

Ingredients:

1 bag of broccoli slaw

bacon bits

ranch

just dump broccoli slaw in, coat with ranch, and sprinkle in some bacon bits and stir.

how easy is that. Let it sit in fridge for at least 4 hours to soften the slaw and combine flavors.

We had this last night. So good

Happy Wednesday all!