Pasta Salad with Ham

Course Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword pasta-salad-recipes, pasta-salad-with-ham

Prep Time 25

Cook Time 12

Chill time 4

Total Time 4 37

Servings servings

Calories 376kcal

Author Melissa Sperka

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups of dry rotini pasta
1 cup diced smoked ham
1/2 cup frozen petite peas
4 oz cubed Muenster cheese
1 medium yellow pepper
1 small red onion
2 Roma tomatoes
2 green onions
1 cup mayonnaise
3/4 cup low fat half & half
1/8 tsp each dry dill garlic powder and celery salt
1 1/2 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp Italian parsley
1 Tbsp lemon juice
salt & black pepper to your taste

Instructions

Boil the pasta in salted water per the directions on the package until al dente. Drain well.
Stir the frozen peas into the hot pasta.
Dice the ham, cheese, red onion, yellow pepper, green onions and tomatoes.
Set the tomatoes and cheese cubes aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients. Season with salt and black pepper to your taste, then add the chopped ham and veggies reserving a few green onion tops for garnishing.
Do not add the tomatoes or cheese at this point. Mix well.
Pour the pasta and peas into the mixing bowl with the dressing. Stir until fully combined.
Place into the refrigerator to allow the pasta to cool for around 15 minutes.
Add the chopped tomatoes and cubed cheese.
Taste and adjust the seasonings if needed.
Chill for at least 3 hours before serving.

Notes

I recommend waiting until the pasta has cooled to add the chopped tomatoes and cheese cubes. This will prevent the tomatoes from watering down the dressing and it won't affect the texture of the cheese.

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