Lunch box rice noodle salad

Lunch box rice noodle salad

Lunch box salads are the perfect solution if you are sick of sandwiches. This recipe has a noodle base with an Asian-inspired dressing.

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prep: 0:15

ingredients

• 1 carrot, julienned

• 1 small cucumber, sliced into wedges

• 1 handful of snow peas, trimmed

• 1 handful mixed sprouts

• 1 cup rice noodles, cooked and chopped into small lengths

• Dressing40ml (2 tbsp) fish sauce

• 60ml (1/4 cup) lime juice

• 2 tbsp caster sugar

• 1 clove garlic, crushed

method

1. Combine the salad ingredients in one large bowl.
2. Divide this among your lunch boxes and reserve the rest to stash in the fridge.
3. Combine dressing ingredients and mix well.
4. Pack the salad with the salad dressing separately.

notes

• You can add some protein to this salad by adding a small tin of tuna, some shredded chicken breast or some poached salmon.
• You can buy small individual salad dressing pots in the supermarket.
• If you are serving this salad to children, just make sure you portion it small so they don’t get overwhelmed at lunch time.
• This recipe was created by Sophie Hansen for Kidspot, Australia’s best recipe finder: You can follow Sophie on Local is Lovely, Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest.