What a way to start my week! 5

Well, I'm back from my two day hiatus and hoping to find all of you having had a fantastic weekend! 

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 Now back to it!  My lay off came as a bit of a surprise and not at a great time as Rams and I have been trying to sign some contracts to redo our backyard...pool and all.  So needless to say Wednesday through Sunday I was applying for jobs non-stop...non-stop enough that I didn't even write my daily posts!

Since all I've been doing is job hunting, I have no fun weekend updates to share with you all.  So instead of linking up with weekend shenanigans I'm going to share with you a recipe I found on Pinterest that I made last night for dinner.

I made an incredibly CLEAN recipe to start the week off on the right foot!  Now, I can't take credit for this...it is all The Pioneer Woman.

The name of the recipe is the Asian Noodle Salad.  I've made it how she recommends a few times, but now I take out some ingredients 

(noodles), and add some of my own.

Here is what you need:

Salad portion:

Any type of fresh veggies you want.  I use the following

- bell peppers (green, red, yellow and orange)

- purple cabbage

- Napa cabbage

- carrots

- green onions

- ginger

- garlic

- cilantro

- lime

Dressing Ingredients:

-Olive Oil

-Sesame Oil

-Soy Sauce

-juice of a fresh lime

-ginger

-garlic

-brown sugar

-serrano pepper (optional)

What Rams and I have added to ours:

- avocado

- green apple

- grilled chicken for protein

First thing you do is cut up all of the veggies.  

I slice julienne the bell peppers, chop the green onion.

Mince the ginger and garlic.

 Roughly chop the avocado, cabbage and cilantro.  

For the veggies, there isn't really a specific amount, just do as much as you'd like!

The dressing is as follows:

Mix all the ingredients below in a bowl or jar - I used a mason jar!

- 1/2 cup olive oil

- 1/2 cup soy sauce (I use reduced sodium)

- 2-3 tablespoons sesame oil

- Juice of one lime - I put a little extra

- 3 heaping tablespoons of freshly diced ginger - DO NOT forget the ginger...it makes the dressing!

- 2 garlic gloves diced

- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar

- chopped serrano pepper - a pinch or more if desired

- chopped cilantro - only do this if you are going to use all of the dressing right away, otherwise it will get icky in the dressing

Once all the prep is done grab a bowl and fill it up.  It is DELICIOUS and extremely healthy!  Rams and I will eat this for lunches or dinners - whatever floats our boat.  Here is the finished product!

Now if that doesn't look good to you all...you are nuts!

Hope you all give it a try and tell me what you think.  Until tomorrow...