Chicken Bacon Ranch Green Pasta Salad

Made some pasta salad, the kids love it. Amber's favorite color is green, so Rob and I put a few squirts of food coloring in the water to cook the pasta. Here's the recipe:

Chicken Bacon Ranch Green Pasta Salad

*2 boxes pasta shells
*1 bottle ranch salad dressing
*1 can of sweet peas
*1 package bacon bits (soy or real)
*1 can black olives (chopped)
*1 tomato (diced small)
*(any other veggies you love, chopped fine)
*5 boneless, skinless chiken breasts cooked well.(leave out if you don't eat meat or add tofu chunks)

Boil pasta in water colored with green food coloring. Use another color if your child likes blue, red, or purple. Have fun with it. When pasta is done, drain and rinse with cold water.

Dice chicken (or tofu) into small pieces, under 1 inch. Dump all ingredients except salad dressing into the pasta. Mix well using a large spoon or your hands. Pour in the dressing and mix. After using half of the bottle, taste. If this suits you, stop there. You can always just add more dressing to your own bowl.

You can make this a day or even two ahead. Keep in the fridge. You will need to add more dressing after the salad is in the fridge overnight or longer as the pasta soaks it up.