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Ham & Cheese Pasta Salad




Source of Recipe


Amy


List of Ingredients




12 ounces rotini pasta

Salt

8 ounces block of cheddar cheese

8 ounces cubed or sliced ham

12 ounces (1 bottle) or 2 bottles) Italian dressing


Recipe



Bring a large pot of water to a boil on the stove top.
Liberally salt the water after it starts to boil. (It\'s said that you should make pasta water like the ocean before cooking pasta).
Add in dry pasta and cook for 12 minutes.
Drain cooked pasta and set aside.
While pasta is cooking, cubed cheese into tiny piece and dice ham into bite sized pieces.
When pasta is done cooking and drained, stir in the ham, but let the pasta cool slightly before adding in the cheese as you don\'t want to melt it.
Stir in the Italian dressing and make sure to stir until all is coated. I like to have an extra bottle on hand to drizzle over the pasta salad right before I serve it.