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Ham and Artichoke Heart Pasta Salad Ingredients Prep:25 Cook:10 Total:35 Yield:6 servings 2 1/2cupspasta, penne 2cupsgreen beanschopped 1largetomato 1eachsweet red bell pepper 6eachscallions, spring or green onions 6ouncesartichoke heartsmarinated 1/2poundhamcooked, cut into long pieces 1xblack pepper 2tablespoonsparsley leavesfreshly chopped Dressing 1/4cupcider vinegar 1tablespoonprepared mustardgrainy 2teaspoonsdijon mustard 1clovegarlicminced 1/2teaspoonsalt 1/2cupolive oil Directions In large pot of boiling salted water, cook penne for 7 minutes. Add green beans; cook for 3 minutes or until tender-crisp and pasta is tender but firm. Drain and rinse under cold water; drain again and place in large bowl. Meanwhile, coarsely chop tomato. Seed and halve red pepper crosswise; cut into thin strips. Slice green onions. Drain artichoke hearts,reserving 1 tablespoon of marinade; cut hearts in half. Add tomato, red pepper, green onions, artichoke hearts and ham to pasta mixture. Dressing: In small bowl, whisk together vinegar, grainy and dijon mustards, garlic and salt; gradually whisk in oil. Whisk in reserved marinade. Toss gently with pasta mixture. Season with pepper to taste. Garnish with parsley. ~~~~~~~~~~ Rhonda G in Missouri Owner of a_place_for_chatting_and_friends Owner of Rhondas_Recipe_Exchange Owner of JustSwaps4USFriends All are looking for new members!!! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]