
How To Make Ham and Cheese Pasta Salad
Turn your favorite sandwich into a pasta salad with this recipe. Ham, cheese, celery, and bell peppers with some farfalle complete this dish.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ½cupmayonnaise
- ¼cupsweet pickle relish
- 1tbspmilk,or more to taste
- salt and ground black pepper,to taste
- 16ozfarfalle (bow-tie) pasta
- 8ozcooked ham,cut into 1-inch cubes
- 8ozCheddar cheese,cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1cupfrozen peas,thawed
- ½cuponion,minced
- 1stalk celery,thinly sliced
- 2tbsppimento,diced
Instructions
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Whisk mayonnaise, pickle relish, and milk in a bowl until combined; season with salt and black pepper. Chill in refrigerator while preparing remaining ingredients.
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Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook bow-tie pasta at a boil for about 12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until cooked through yet firm to the bite; drain and transfer to a large bowl.
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Gently stir ham, Cheddar cheese, peas, onion, celery, and pimento into pasta. Pour mayonnaise mixture over pasta mixture and toss to evenly coat.
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Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate 4 hours to overnight.
Nutrition
- Calories: 251.18kcal
- Fat: 12.10g
- Saturated Fat: 4.10g
- Trans Fat: 0.17g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.28g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.84g
- Carbohydrates: 25.21g
- Fiber: 1.73g
- Sugar: 2.67g
- Protein: 10.05g
- Cholesterol: 25.45mg
- Sodium: 339.61mg
- Calcium: 111.44mg
- Potassium: 149.28mg
- Iron: 0.76mg
- Vitamin A: 51.29µg
- Vitamin C: 3.83mg
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