A twist on the date & celery salad I've been making for years. If you don't have rice wine vinegar, try white wine vinegar or fresh squeezed lemon juice.

11 net carbsRecipe from Cooking with Trader Joe's Cookbook Lighten Up**To layer in jars, I mixed all salad ingredients except lettuce then divided between 4 jars and topped with lettuce. I also divided the dressing into 4 servings to toss on before serving.

thanks to my old high school mate Nina for the dressing used in this salad.. its sweet and tangy! i loved it!

A five minute people pleaser

Been trying to come up with some delicious ways to eat more vegetables.

Recipe from the 1800's

Stir fried in tomato juices

When I used to make this salad and store in the fridge, I didn't like the salad becoming too dry since the cellophane noodles absorbed too much sauce.I added more soy sauce or vinegar to make it better, but I finally solved this problem by coating the noodles with oil!As a result, I could reduce the amount of flavoring ingredients as well.I recommend making this salad a little spicy by adding drops of ra-yu.If you serve this straight away, rinse the cellophane noodles in cold water. If you plan to eat it later, it's better to mix in the sauce right before you serve as much as possible!Add the sesame oil in the hot water, and drain. Don't add it over the drained noodles directly. This is key. Recipe by Shijimi24

A very delicious salad. The dressing can be used on just about anything you like.

Here in Southern California, we're back to al fresco dining weather, and we like to enjoy it as much a possible.One of our favorite al fresco meals is a wine, cheese, and salumi lunch, and this simple tomato salad made specifically with red wine vinegar is one of my favorite accompaniments. You could totally use another kind of vinegar if you like, but there's just something about the flavor of red wine vinegar that I love in this salad. :)If you can get them, sweet onions like Vidalias or Mayan Sweets are ideal.