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Bring a large pot of water to a boil then add salt, a generous grab from your salt dish, to season up the pasta as it cooks.
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Carefully add pasta to water and stir then cook to al dente or until pasta is tender but it still has a bite to it in the center in other words, do not cook it until it is mushy.
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Cut ham into thin, short ribbon-like pieces and separate them into a loose pile.
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Kids not so good with knives can use kitchen scissors to cut the ham up.
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Preheat a large skillet over medium heat.
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Add butter to the pan and melt it.
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Add 1 cup cream and warm it up a minute.
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Add about a cup of cheese, 4 big handfuls or so, and stir constantly for another minute then season the sauce with nutmeg (your SECRET ingredient) and pepper.
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Taste and add a little salt, if necessary.
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Turn off heat under sauce and add the peas to it.
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They will warm through in no time.
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Next, drain the pasta.
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Kids should have Grown Helpers drain pasta for them.
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Toss pasta with sauce in the skillet and use tongs to help you pull pasta through sauce until it is coated evenly.
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Sprinkle in the ham and toss the pasta again to combine it.
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You can even add a little more cheese, if you say so.
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Wow!
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Green noodles are even yummier than white ones when you add in the ham and cheese and peas!
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Yum-o!
