Recipe(tried): Non-Vegetation Pasta Salad and other teenage boy food

Anessa, Teenage boys like food that isn't fussy. They're not going to ooh and aah over fancy preparations. Sloppy Joes, burgers, pizza, hot dogs, lasagna, fried chicken -standard guy food in huge quantities is what you're looking for. Lots of soda, maybe a pasta salad without a bunch of veggies, maybe a fruit salad or just a big bunch of grapes, and a couple cake choices. A build-your-own-sundae dessert might work.

Here's the easy, make-ahead pasta salad I serve for my picky eaters, including one who won't eat "vegetation" of any kind:

NON-VEGETATION PASTA SALAD

1 (16-oz) box dried pasta, any medium-size kind (I like rotini), cooked, drained, and cooled
3 to 4 oz cheddar cheese, in smallish cubes
4 or 5 strips of bacon, cooked, cooled, and crumbled
bottled Hidden Valley Ranch dressing, maybe 1/2 cup?
salt, optional

Stir it all together. Add the Ranch dressing to taste. You may want to add some salt. Sprinkle a little of the bacon on top as a garnish.

You can cook and refrigerate the pasta, cube the cheese, and cook and crumble the bacon a couple days of time, but the salad is best if you don't combine everything until a few hours before serving.

Have fun at the party. You might want to invest in some earplugs.