Fresh Summertime Bow-Tie Ham Salad recipe

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Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) package bow-tie pasta
1 pound ham chunks
20 grape tomatoes, halved
½ cup diced yellow bell pepper
½ cup diced red bell pepper
½ cup diced orange bell pepper
6 green onions, chopped
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 ½ teaspoons ground black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups mayonnaise
¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
½ cup shredded Romano cheese

Nutrition Info

710.7 calories
carbohydrate: 50.3 g
cholesterol: 55.2 mg
fat: 46.8 g
fiber: 3.8 g
protein: 22.4 g
saturatedFat: 10.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 1351.9 mg
sugar: 2.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook the bow-tie pasta at a boil, stirring occasionally, until cooked through yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes, drain.

  2. Toss ham chunks, tomatoes, yellow bell pepper, red bell pepper, orange bell pepper, green onions, garlic, black pepper, and salt together in a bowl.

  3. Stir drained bow-tie pasta and mayonnaise into the ham mixture.

  4. Sprinkle cilantro and Romano cheese over the pasta mixture, stir to combine.

  5. Chill at least 1 hour before serving.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

I made up this recipe while trying to figure out a summer pasta salad to go with our kabobs that we were grilling. I threw in a little of this and a little of that and the family went nuts! To make this healthier, use fat-free mayonnaise and wheat pasta.

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