Soba Salad seasoning

2 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tbsp. sesame oil
2 tbsp. chilli paste
2 tbsp. mirin
2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
dash of pepper


Cooked soba for 2 minutes 30 seconds drain and mix with seasoning.

Vietnamese chicken Noodle Salad

adapted from recipecommunity.com.au for Thermomix recipes

My version:
Dressing:
2 garlic minced

1/3 cup sweet chilli sauce

2 limes

2 tablespoons fish sauce

3 tablespoons sesame oil

Salad

1 chicken breast steamed and shredded on tmx. Speed 4, 4 seconds reverse

2 portion of glass noodles

1 capsicum sliced thinly

3 spring onions sliced 

4 wombok leaves sliced

1 carrot sliced 

2 kaffir lime

Handful of mint leaves sliced

Sprinkle of toasted peanuts

Method:

Mixed dressing and set aside

Steamed chicken on tmx with 1.5 litres water and place kaffir lime leaves in the bowl.

Steamed chicken for 15 minutes, set aside to cool. 

Cook the glass noodles in the bowl of water and kaffir lime for 3 minutes. Just let it soak

Prep all other vegetables in a large bowl

Once chicken is cool, shred it in tmx and place in the bowl of vegetables

Place noodles and dressing 

Sprinkle with peanuts when serve

Any vegetables can be used here. Chicken can be omitted as well.

Pasta Salad with Tomatoes, Olives, Ham

I love onions, tomatoes, sun dried tomatoes, olives. If I can combine them all, I just will :)

I pull this from various recipes so I can't really reference anywhere. Let's just say this is my first creation 

I made a large quantity as it was for a dinner party.

Ingredients:

1. 750g fusilli pasta

2. 200g diced ham

3. Tomatoes, a huge bowl, cut into small pieces 

4. Sun dried tomato- 1 cup

5. 1/2 cup sliced olives

6. 1 large red onion, thinly slice

7. 6-7 cloves of minced garlic

8. 1/2 cup red wine vinegar

9. Salt and pepper to taste

1tablespoon of dried oregano

10. 1 cup olive oil or use oil from the sun dried tomato

1. In a large bowl, mix tomatoes, olives, oregano, onions together with olive oil and the red wine vinegar. Season with salt and pepper as well

Let it sit for around 30 minutes and keep tossing in between

2. Cooked pasta till al dente

3. Let it cool then mix together with the mixture in step 1. Add in ham and sun dried tomatoes. Keep tasting and adjust accordingly to suit.

4. Chill in fridge until ready to serve