Thursday, August 2, 2012

Festival dining part two

Looks like it has been awhile since my first post about eating well at a festival, morning edition.  I got caught up in various vacations but am back to the blog.

In my last post I forgot to mention fruit for breakfast.  A healthy part of a usually not very healthful weekend.  I recommend cut up watermelon for breakfast delicious and refreshing.  If you have even a whiff of a hangover some juicy, cold watermelon is just the thing.  Other good options are grapes and cherries.

On to lunch/dinner and snacks.  Again the ideal is prepared items.  You don't want to be setting up a cookstove and dealing with multiple ingredients.  You need to be able to reach in to your cooler and pull out something tasty and ready to go.  A good option is the prepared salad, not a green salad but a brown rice salad packed full of beans and veggies or a yummy sesame noodle salad.  If you include vegetables you will want to avoid ingredients that spoil easily; think avocado or tomatoes, and choose longer lasting vegetables such as green pepper or corn.

Sesame Noodle Salad
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
4 cloves garlic minced
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
3 tablespoons sesame oil
1/2 tsp hot chili oil
4 tablespoons canola oil
2 tablespoons hot water

12 oz noodles
4 green onions sliced thinly

While water boils for noodles, combine all ingredients except noodles and green onion in a bowl and whisk together. 
Pour sauce over cooked warm noodles and toss to coat, add green onions and toss again.

Chill and serve.

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