German Pasta Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb ziti pasta
1/2 small cabbage
1/2 lb cooked ham, diced
2 medium carrots, peeled and shredded
1/3 cup poppy seed salad dressing
salt and pepper

Preparation

Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water for 7 minutes.
Add the cabbge (in 1 piece) and cook until the pasta is tender but still firm and the cabbage is bright green, 2-3 minutes longer.
Drain and rinse in cold water.
Drain well.
Cut out the core and cut the cabbage into 1\" pieces.
In a large bowl, toss the pasta and cabbage with the ham, carots and poppyseed dressing.
Season with salt and pepper to taste and toss well.