Two blog posts in a row for salmon… You must be thinking I am obsessed, but this was way too delicious not to post straight away. This noodle salad is a healthy summer dish full of crunchy vegetables. It is a great mid week meal when you’re feeling lazy and you’ve got no time to cook. The only cooking involved is of the noodles which takes around 4 minutes. All you need to do is chop up the salad, cook your soba, combine the dressing ingredients, place everything in a bowl and EAT!

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 100g of smoked salmon
• 2 packages of soba, my favourite brand is the organic soba noodles made by hakubaku
• ½ a cucumber, flesh scraped out with a spoon and diced or julienned
• 4 lettuce leaves e.g. fancy lettuce, sliced into thin strips
• 1 spring onion, thinly sliced
• ½ a carrot, julienned
• ¼ red capsicum, julienned (optional)
• white sesame seeds

Salad dressing:

• Juice of one lime
• 2 inch knob of ginger, peeled and grated
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp sesame oil

Method:

• Prepare soba according to package directions.
• Cool the noodles under cold running water, and drain in a colander to remove as much water as possible.
• Slice smoked salmon into bite size pieces.
• Place the drained soba in a bowl and top with the lettuce, cucumber, carrot, smoked salmon and finally the sesame seeds.
• Combine all the dressing ingredients in a jar, and shake. Pour over the dish just before serving.

Enjoy!