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Here's a great little summer dish. A perfect side for whatever you've thrown on the grill. A great dish to pass for that neighborhood BBQ. A lovely salad to just make up and leave in the fridge for easy lunches on a hot day. It's Ramen Noodle Salad. Now, I'm not sure this dish actually qualifies as clean eating, despite the word "salad" in it's name…what with the ramen noodles and the seasoning packet. But it is so seriously good that I could have eaten the ENTIRE giant bowl of it. Seriously. When I made it last week I could not stop eating it. It might actually be a little addictive. So, don't say I didn't warn you... Crunchy Ramen Noodle Salad 2 pkg uncooked ramen noodles 2.5 oz sliced almonds (or just a big handful) 3/4 c. sunflower seeds 1/2 c. finely chopped onion (whatever kind you have) 1 bag broccoli slaw 2 ramen noodle seasoning packets 3/4 c. oil (use what you like; I used canola oil) 1/2 c. white vinegar 1/3 c. sugar ...

Where have I been? That is an excellent question. I have been MIA...on vacation, dealing with a sick family, struggling with another birthday, being in a late-winter funk...all of the above. So I dropped the ball, as it were. But I am once again renewing my commitment to writing and this lovely little blog and will be focusing on things that take-up a great deal of my time, attention and love these days (besides my kids): food, books and workouts. For a little while, that's what you're going to find here. Then, I have about 20 half-written posts on other topics, including some super fun craftiness, that I will attend to...but first, yummy food. So I just recently made this tasty, little side-dish-wonder, and, seriously, could not get enough of it. My husband and I ate the entire bunch of asparagus at dinner, it was so good. I highly recommend going for "the perfect bite" as often as you can with this one: a piece of asparagus, a cranberry, a pine nut or two and a li...