Turkey, Dried Cherry Pasta Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Poppy Seed Dressing
    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.)
    Salad
    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
Preparation
    Cook pasta, drain,& toss in olive oil.
    Cool.
    Combine pasta, turkey, cherries, onion, celery,& 1/4 c almonds.
    Mix in dressing to desired consistency.
    Top with other 1/4 c almonds.
    NOTE: I tried substituting dried cranberries with cherry flavoring, but the flavor is just not the same as the dried cherries!

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