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Number one recipe ever - perfect pasta salad

I know... It doesn't look like anything, but this is amazing!!!! If I would have had to woo André with a recipe, this easy, wonderful one would have done the trick. I adapted this salad from a healthier version my mother use to make all the time during the summer. But she is holding back on the good, secret, can't do without ingredient: the mayonnaise. The important thing here is that you buy the REAL mayonnaise. Not Miracle Whip, not that low fat (silly) version and not that Swedish non-sense (seriously guys, like Monica in Friends would say: THIS IS NOT MAYONNAISE!): you need the Hellman's mayonnaise. Cook some small pasta al dente . While it is boiling, cut some nice vegetables (and fruits, I did not forget Alex ;): bell peppers, cucumber, broccoli, green onions, sun dried tomatoes... Mix together and add some cube of cheese and maybe some cube of ham also? Oh yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah... The secret is to mix and match some sweet and salty stuff. Add some nice cashews or...