Creamy Latin Pasta Salad
- 1 pound pasta, rotini
- 1/2 cup evaporated milk
- 1/4 cup olive oil, extra-virgin
- 1 cup feta cheese crumbled
- 1/2 cup cilantro
- 1 each limes juiced
- 1 x salt to taste
- 1 x black pepper freshly ground to taste
- 1 cup ham finely diced
- 1 each orange bell pepper seeded, ribbed, and chopped
- 1 each sweet red bell peppers ribbed, and chopped
- 1 cup peas, frozen
- 1/2 small red onion thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup jicama peeled and chopped
- 1/2 cup olives pimento stuffed
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
- Add the pasta, stir with a wooden spoon, and cook until tender but not mushy, about 10 minutes.
- Drain, place in a large bowl and set aside.
- While the pasta cooks, combine the evaporated milk, oil, feta, cilantro, lime juice and some salt and pepper in a blender.
- Puree until the dressing is smooth and creamy.
- Place the drained pasta in a large bowl.
- Add the ham, bell peppers, peas, onions, jicama and olives.
- Pour the dressing over the pasta and gently mix it into the salad.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes or up to 2 hours before serving.
pasta, milk, olive oil, feta cheese, cilantro, salt, black pepper, ham finely diced, orange bell pepper, sweet red bell peppers, peas, red onion, jicama
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/creamy-latin-pasta-salad-49465 (may not work)