Ramen Noodle Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 2 (12 ounce) bags angel hair cabbage
• 4 cups carrots, chopped
• 2 cups celery, chopped
• 1 cup radish, chopped
• 2 (3 ounce) packages chicken-flavored ramen noodles, broken into pieces
• 2 -16 ounces pinto beans, rinsed & drained
• 2 (4 ounce) packages sunflower seeds, roasted & salted
• 2 (4 ounce) packages almonds, slivered
• 1 cup cashews (optional)
• 1 cup broccoli, chopped into small pieces (optional)
• 1 cup cauliflower, broken into small pieces (optional)
• 1 1/3 cups virgin olive oil
• 1 cup splenda sugar substitute
• 2/3 cup vinegar
• chicken seasoning, packets (from ramen noodles)

Recipe

• 1 mix all ingredients in very large container.
• 2 dressing:.
• 3 mix and pour over salad mix well.
• 4 pinto beans can be substituted with any canned bean. we like (black eyed peas) just rinse and drain well!
• 5 i use a huge dollar store bowl with plastic lid, and shake to mix!
• 6 this gets better every day as the ingredients "set".
• 7 use as a side dish -- or for a meal in itself! the beans are the protein, the splenda is diabetes-friendly -- it just doesn't get better than this! enjoy.