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Ham and Cheese Pasta Salad

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Ham and Cheese Pasta Salad

It doesn’t have to be summertime to enjoy this delicious Ham and Cheese Pasta Salad. Pasta salads are great anytime! Put some warmth and sunshine into your winter with Ham and Cheese Pasta Salad. If your planning on serving ham during the holidays, making a pasta salad is a great way to use up left-over ham. If you’ll be having friends and/or family staying a few days for the holidays, make a big batch of ham and cheese pasta salad. Your guests will appreciate a delicious pasta salad in place of another ham or turkey sandwich.

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Pasta Salad

Pasta Salads can be made with just about any ingredients you have on hand. This salad is made with left-over holiday ham, sharp cheddar cheese, shredded carrots and onion, diced celery and radiatore pasta.  A dressing of mayonnaise, milk or buttermilk, sugar, apple cider vinegar, Dijon mustard, salt and pepper combines all the ingredients together for a deli-style pasta salad at half the price. Fast, easy and always affordable.

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For a fun addition, make Ham and Cheese Pasta Salad with “flavored” pasta. Rossi Pasta

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Ham and Cheese Pasta Salad

 

Ingredients

  • 1 pound package pasta
    such as: elbow, fusilli, gemelli, rotelle, cavatappi, or radiatore
  • 2
    carrots, peeled and shredded
  • 1/4 cup
    shredded onion
  • 1/4 cup
    diced celery
  • 2 1/4 cups
    mayonnaise
  • 1/4 cup
    milk
  • 2 tablespoons
    sugar
  • 2 tablespoons
    apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons
    Dijon mustard
  • salt and pepper,
    to taste
  • 1 1/2 cups
    diced cooked ham
  • 1 cup
    diced sharp cheddar cheese

Cooking Directions

  1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and rinse under cold running water, drain again. In a large bowl toss together pasta, shredded carrots, onion and celery.
  2. In a small bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, milk, sugar, apple cider vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper. Add ham, cheddar cheese and mayonnaise mixture to carrots, onion and celery.
  3. Toss gently together. Refrigerate one to two hours before serving.
Another delicious summertime salad is Deli-Style Macaroni Salad

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