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Light Pasta Salad with Apples, Pickles and Boiled Ham

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 5 mins
Total Time 2 hrs 20 mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

  • 250 g fork spahetti
  • 3 apples
  • 4 large pickled cucumber (s)
  • 200 g cooked ham or ham sausae

For the sauce:

  • 4 tablespoon mayonnaise, light, with 10% fat content
  • 150 g yourt
  • 150 ml cucumber water
  • 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
  • 1 teaspoon Sriracha sauce (super hot chili sauce)
  • salt and pepper
Light Pasta Salad with Apples, Pickles and Boiled Ham
Light Pasta Salad with Apples, Pickles and Boiled Ham

Instructions

  1. Boil the fork spaghetti in salted water and drain into a sieve 2 minutes before the specified cooking time, rinse well with cold water and drain.
  2. Cut the apples, pickles and ham into small cubes.
  3. Mix the ingredients for the salad dressing together in a mug and season with salt and pepper.
  4. Put the fork spaghetti in a large bowl and mix well with the other ingredients.
  5. Let the pasta salad soak in the refrigerator for at least two hours, but preferably overnight, and take it out of the refrigerator about three quarters of an hour before you eat.
  6. If the lettuce is a little too dry after being pulled through, you can stir in a little cucumber water.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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