Vietnamese Noodle Salad

Recently, I have been a big fan of dishes that let me use everything that I need to get rid if in the refrigerator.  This salad is a real fridge cleaner. Vermicelli noodles, lemon, fish sauce and anything else I happen to have. 

By the by, contrary to what one might think, it was incredibly difficult to get vermicelli in San Francisco.  I went to Chinatown to find them.  The problem was, I took ladypants.  A 20 minute errand turned into 3 hours of shopping.  Hmmmm, maybe it wasn't the vermicelli that was difficult.  Maybe it was something else.

Spring is here.

Spring is here and it is time for something healthy.  I made a green bean and lentil salad.  The secret ingredient is barley.

Cauliflower salad

Today, we mainly had leftover arroz con pollo from yesterday, but we needed some vegetables too.  Thus, cauliflower salad from Simple Foods. 

Dinner for Two

It was supposed to be a special dinner for two. That didn't work for me, but at least tithe food was good. The salad had seared tuna, blanched green beans, edamame, homemade croutons and a garlic red wine vinaigrette. For desert there were brownie cupcakes. They were made from scratch and had little bite-size pieces of chocolate mixed into the batter so that it would be melted when it was bitten into hot. This morning, I was adviced that they good at room temperature too.

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