just another monday

reasons why today was great:

• it was housekeeper day (formally called maid day)
• my book club book arrived!  now i have to hurry up and get reading When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin
• a pvr'ed episode of Weeds
• a new recipe, that i only chose because of the photo that accompanied it as it is not something i would normally pick:

noodles and peanut sauce salad bowl

• 8 oz uncooked whole wheat linguine, broken in half
• 2 cups fresh broccoli florets
• 1 cup julienne carrots (mine were more like slices)
• 1 medium bell pepper, cut into bite size pieces (mine were more like slices)
• 2 tbsp water
• 2 tsp canola oil (except i used sesame oil0
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 2 tbsp rice vinegar
• 2 tbsp soy sauce 
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger (but i misread this and put in more than 2 tsp of freshly grated ginger, which likely increased the deliciousness)
• 1/8 ground red pepper
• 3 medium green onions, chopped
• 3 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro

• 1 - cook linguine, adding broccoli, carrots and bell pepper during last minute of cooking (but i added mine about halfway through the cooking); drain.  rinse with cool water.
•  2 - in small bowl, gradually beat water and oil into peanut butter with sire whisk until smooth.  beat in vinegar, soy sauce, and ground red pepper.
• 3 - in large serving bowl, stir together pasta mixture, peanut sauce, onions, and cilantro until well mixed.