Pages

May 26, 2010

Healthy Asian Noodle Salad

Asian Noodle Salad is a great, healthy, light weight salad perfect for dinner as a side dish or to stand alone.  



Ingredients you'll need (recipe below)







Asian Noodle Salad


INGREDIENTS

1 lb whole wheat spaghetti 

1/2 pound shiitake mushrooms

1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced

1 bunch asparagus

1 cup edamame

3 thinly sliced green onions

1/2 cup rice vinegar

1/4 cup soy sauce

1-2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger

1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

salt to taste

DIRECTIONS

Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling water. Meanwhile, clean, stem, and slice mushrooms. Add mushrooms, asparagus and red bell pepper during last 2 minutes of cooking. Drain.

In a small bowl, mix together vinegar, soy sauce, oil, lime and ginger.

Transfer pasta and veggies into a serving bowl; toss with ginger dressing, edamame and sliced green onions, parsley.


Enjoy!

Happy Wednesday!

5 comments:

  1. Mmm...this recipe sounds fresh and delicious. Thanks for sharing! I'm now following from MBC. :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. That looks fresh, healthy and super delicious! What a great combo. Mm.

    ReplyDelete
  3. That looks amazing!!
    I'm a new follower thanks to MBC!
    Hope you'll follow back :D
    ~Heather
    http://lifewiththestevens.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  4. Your pasta looks delicious and I like your blog, happy to find a fellow Marin food blogger to follow!

    ReplyDelete
  5. I love edamame in my noodles too. Such an easy way to add protein.

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for visiting and leaving a comment....I LOVE to read them all. Differences of opinion are ALWAYS welcome when written respectfully. I reserve the right to remove comments that contain vulgar language, name calling, hateful references or do not pertain to the topic of the post itself. Have a peaceful day:)