Recipe in Progress: Rice Noodle Salad with Grapefruit and Peanuts

So I am not very exciting. I tried another Mark Bittman recipe from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. I was pretty excited about this salad! In the blurb that describes the recipe, it says this is a "flavor-packed salad" and that was what I expected with grapefruit, peanuts, rice vermicelli, mint, cilantro, thai chilis, lime, lemongrass, tomatoes, scallions... and so on.

This recipe took pretty long to prepare. I mean, there is only so much work you want to put into a salad! I thought it turned out OK, but it was a little bland for my taste. I think it was missing a sweet-sour taste that I like in these types of salads. If I made it again I think I would add a little fish sauce or vinegar. So my verdict is OK, but nothing stellar.

-Kristin

I don't like cilantro and I don't like grapefruit - the two most flavorful pieces of the recipes! So you can imagine what I thought of this recipe!

- Megan Leigh