After a long crazy weekend, it always feels nice to get back to eating well and working out. I'm quite happy with my first real homemade dressing. See that beautiful jar full of pink? Oh yeah, that's it. I pureed a few strawberries with a splash of olive oil in the magic bullet, and was done! I poured that over a bed of romaine with tomatoes, jicama, corn, and carrots, and was quite pleased! Maybe next time, some vinegar or sugar would help? Hm, I'm not sure what it needed, but I know that I'm on the right road to delicious homemade dressings!
Now I know this is probably a meal overload, but dinner was inappropriately delicious, and I can't just NOT share it! The inspiration came from the Vegetarian Times that's currently out on shelves. This is the chilled noodle salad with mango (page 83), reinvented via me and the roommate. Sorry the picture is so shoddy- the lights were dimmed so we could continue to binge-watch True Blood during dinner.
You need:
You need:* Thin rice noodles
* Veggies to your liking- chopped
* 1 mango chopped
* 1/2 cup soy sauce
* Juice from 1 lemon
* A teaspoon-ish chili garlic sauce
* A few teaspoons light brown sugar
Prepare the rice noodles as directed on the box while you're chopping up all the vegetables (we used onion, celery, green bell pepper, and carrots). When the noodles are almost ready, fry up your vegetables until they are the desired texture. Meanwhile, mix the soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, brown sugar, and lemon juice together in a small dish. When the vegetables are tender, add the noodles, sauce, and mango, and toss together until heated through. We added a little extra sauce, and some shrimp, but really, it's all about what you like. It was a fantastic meal if I do say so myself!
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