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Reunion Noodle Salad Menu
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Looking for a casual menu for your next spring gathering? Dress up an ordinary meat and cheese tray with this delicious Reunion Noodle Salad on the side. It features cherry tomatoes and sweet fresh pea pods in the peak of their season.
Serve with refreshing iced tea and Buttermilk Banana Bars which can easily be made up ahead of time. Truly a delicious no-fuss menu!
Your Menu: Serves 10 to 12
Reunion Noodle Salad
- Sliced cooked meat and cheese tray
- Purchased cocktail buns
- Iced Tea
Buttermilk Banana Bars
Click here to view the recipe for Buttermilk Banana Bars >>
Test Kitchen Timesavers and Tips:
Order meat and cheese from your deli already arranged on a tray, or arrange your own try. Plan on purchasing 2 to 3 ounces sliced cooked meat and 1 ounce cheese per person.
If your gathering is not quite that big, halve the recipe for the salad. Make the whole batch of bars. Store extras in the refrigerator up to 3 days or arrange bars between layers of waxed paper in covered freezer containers and freeze up to 3 months.
For refrigerator-brewed iced tea, place 6 to 8 tea bags in a 2-quart glass container. Add 1 1/2 quarts cold water; cover and let tea "brew" in the refrigerator about 24 hours. Remove tea bags; discard. Serve over ice cubes. (Note: You may have read some information about the safety of brewing iced tea in the sun. The refrigerator method for making iced tea is fine to use for herbal and green teas as well as black tea because refrigeration inhibits the growth of bacteria.)
Shopping List for Salad:
- 1 pound dried linguine
- 1 bottle soy sauce
- 1 lemon
- 1 head garlic
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes
- 1 pound carrots
- 1 cup fresh pea pods
- 1 bunch green onions
- 1 container sesame seeds
- sliced cooked meat (about 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 pounds)
- cheese (about 12 ounces)
- cocktail buns (about 2 dozen)
- tea bags
Pantry Items:
- olive oil
Shopping List for Bars:
- buttermilk
- 3 to 4 ripe bananas
- 1 dozen eggs
- 1 bag walnuts
- 1 8-ounce package cream cheese
- 1 pound butter
- 1 1-pound package powdered sugar
Equipment Needed:
For Salad
- measuring cups and spoons
- cutting board and knife
- vegetable peeler
- large saucepan
- colander
- very large mixing bowl
- screw-top jar with lid
- large spoons
- large skillet
- 2-quart glass container
For Bars
- measuring cups and spoons
- fork or potato masher
- cutting board and knife (for chopping nuts)
- large mixing bowl
- wooden spoon
- electric mixer
- rubber spatula
- 15x10x1-inch baking pan
- wooden toothpick
- thin metal spatula
- medium mixing bowl
Pantry Items:
- all-purpose flour
- granulated sugar
- baking powder
- salt
- cooking oil
- vanilla
- shortening
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