Pasta with Ham and Herbed Cheese

Ingredients

• 10 oz cheese such as alouette or boursin soft
• 0.3 pound ham boiled cut into cubes
• 2 tablespoons parsley fresh chopped
• 4 servings salt and pepper 
• 1 pound rotini pasta whole-wheat

Equipment

• pot

Directions

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and prepare pasta according to package directions. Set aside 1 cup pasta cooking water and drain pasta. Return pasta to pot; crumble pieces of cheese over pasta.
2. Add ham, salt and pepper to taste and parsley to pasta mixture.
3. Pour in 1/2 cup pasta cooking water and toss or stir until cheese is melted and pasta is coated. Stir in more cooking water if mixture looks dry.