Turkey, Dried Cherry Pasta Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups mayonnaise (i use light mayo)
• 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar, to taste
• 2 tablespoons champagne vinegar (can be hard to find. try upscale grocer)
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon poppy seed
• 1 -2 teaspoon salt (original recipe calls for 2 t, but i found that to be a little too much for my taste.)
• 1 lb bow tie pasta
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 8 ounces cooked turkey, cubed (more may be used)
• 3 ounces dried cherries (may use 5)
• 1/2 cup diced yellow onion
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta, drain,& toss in olive oil.
• 2 cool.
• 3 combine pasta, turkey, cherries, onion, celery,& ¼ c almonds.
• 4 mix in dressing to desired consistency.
• 5 top with other ¼ c almonds.
• 6 note: i tried substituting dried cranberries with cherry flavoring, but the flavor is just not the same as the dried cherries!