I love salads, but I get bored fast eating the same thing (except with pizza!). Day after day of regular tossed salads just isn't exciting enough. Alongside these meatballs, which are pork meatballs with an almond sauce (drool) is a soba noodle and veggie salad with a tasty sesame dressing. I like making different salads as it is a great opportunity to clean out your crisper. With all the fantastic fresh produce available right now, what better time then to get creative with veggies?
Soba Veggie Salad with Sesame oil dressing:
(for 2)
Any of the soba noodles I've ever bought come in packages that contain 4 individually wrapped servings each good for 2 people in this recipe, which makes it easy. Soba noodles are Japanese noodles made of buckwheat flour. If you can't get soba noodles, you can use vermicelli, it will taste great.
- soba noodles (or vermicelli)
- half an english cumcumber, chopped
- 1/2 cup edamame (fresh soy beans. Peas or beans would be good too)
- 1 red pepper, chopped
- a few green onions, chopped
Cook the noodles according to the directions on the package. Rinse under cold water until cool. Add these to a salad bowl with all the chopped veggies.
To make the dressing, add to a lidded jar:
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil, or to taste (be careful with this, it's very potent!)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1-2 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar (you could use white wine vinegar instead)
- the juice of one lemon
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 tsp red chili paste, or 1 small chopped chile (optional)
Shake the dressing in the jar until all the sugar has dissolved and it becomes emulsified. Toss the dressing with the salad and eat! Hope you enjoy this.
Check out this link to learn more about Soba noodles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soba
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