Saturday, March 14, 2009

Pasta Salad

This recipe came with my kid's lunchbox. It's nice and easy enough to set aside things like cooked pasta and chopped broccoli the night before.

You'll need:
cooked pasta. I generally use some sort of small, kid-friendly shape. (and you'll want about a cup...)
some chopped veggies: red or green peppers, sugar snap peas (those are nicer left whole), thinly chopped cabbage...
a bit of broccoli, cut into bite-sized pieces
some grated or chopped raw carrot
a handful of bean sprouts

The dressing is:
1 clove minced garlic
2 tbsp sesame oil
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp sesame seeds (I normally use flax seeds instead, since I am No Fun.)
and some chopped cilantro. (just a tablespoon or so.)
Mix the dressing ingredients together and then toss it with the salad ingredients. Ta da.

12 comments:

Chaotic Joy said...

This looks great. Thanks!

Mom24 said...

This sounds really good. Thanks.

Nadia said...

Hey! This looks really yummy. I'll have to try it next week. Thanks!

Jenifer said...

Yum for me...my kids would never touch it sadly.

Heidi said...

I think you're lotsa fun, which, if you noticed, is way different than "no fun".

Alison said...

I think I'll make this to go with dinner some night!

His Girl said...

so, I made this tonight. 2/5 were very, very pleased.

guess who the 2 were? hint: not my stinking picky children.

Heidi said...

Great idea!

Shannon (The Daily Balance) said...

sounds DELISH!

Christine said...

this sounds yummy, yummy.

post some more recipes when you can because i like to EAT.

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