Pasta Carbonara Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

24 ounces shell pasta
1 tablespoon oil
1 tablespoon salt
2 cups parmesan cheese
1 2/3 cups mayonnaise or 1 2/3 cups Miracle Whip
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
6 pieces bacon (crumbled)
1 (15 ounce) can peas or 4 chopped hardboiled egg
4 tablespoons milk

Preparation

Cook shells according to package directions with oil and salt; drain.
Rinse with cold water to cool quickly. I rinsed twice and returned to cooled pasta pot.
In a large bowl combine mayo/miracle whip, cheese, milk, garlic powder and pepper.
Stir mixture into pot. I transfered some of the pasta back to the bowl to mix, makinh sure I had soaked up all of the mixture.
Add crumbled bacon and drained peas.
Refrigerate.