Looking for a noodle salad with an ethnic feel? This popular pasta salad is quick and easy; adding the honey and other ingredients in a certain order insures that the dressing will stick well to the noodles, making for an exceptional dish. Serves 4 or so.

Ingredients:

• 8 oz. angel hair pasta, or buckwheat noodles ("soba")
  
• olive oil for grilling veggies
• 1 small red pepper, diced
  
• 1 carrot, diced
• 2 pc. green onion, chopped
• 1/4 c. sesame oil
• 1/4 c. honey
  
• 1/4 c. white vinegar
• 1/4 c. soy sauce
• 1/4 tsp. cayenne
• 1/3 c. chopped, roasted, salted peanuts
• 1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped
  

Cook, then drain, rinsing in cold water to cool: > 8 oz. pasta

Grill in iron pan, adding some water to help carrot to cook/steam, using a touch of olive oil as well: > 1 carrot, diced > olive oil for grilling

Add cooked carrot to drained, cooled pasta. Grill peppers in hot skillet, with a splash of olive oil: > 1 red pepper > olive oil for grilling

Add grilled peppers to the pasta and carrot. Also add: > 2 pc. diced green onion > 1/4 c. sesame oil

Next, mix in: > 1/4 c. honey

Reduce in pan, by about half (mixture will get more saucy, less liquidy): > 1/4 c. white vinegar > 1/4 c. soy sauce > 1/4 tsp. cayenne

Mix all the ingredients together. When ready to serve, also add this (saving some for garnish): >  1/3 c. chopped peanuts > 1/2 bunches chopped cilantro