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"Our meal schedule has been turned on its head by my son&amp;#039;s school schedule. He&amp;#039;s in afternoon kindergarten, which means he starts school at 11:40. They have a snack around 1, but he needs to eat something somewhat substantial before he goes, a sort-of lunch. On the days that we graze through the morning and skip a &amp;quot;meal&amp;quot; we are all starving by the time he gets out at 3, which means we eat something big and ruin our appetites for dinner. When I realized that, I started to prepare a real meal for us before school. This noodle salad with miso dressing was one of my creations. It&amp;#039;s based loosely on one of my favorite salads at the Hawaiian restaurant in my hometown and could easily be dinner, especially with the addition of some shredded meat, carrots, sprouts or whatever else tickles your fancy.  I used somen noodles for the base of this salad, but they&amp;#039;re a bit difficult to work with. They cook super-fast but they tend to stick to each other. I followed the cooking directions on the package and rinsed them well with cold water after they were cooked, to rinse off some of the starch.   While the water is coming to a boil, I prepare the toppings. This time I used diced avocado, shredded romaine and diced extra-firm tofu. This tofu is shrink wrapped, not packed in water, and it&amp;#039;s very firm and chewy. We like to dice it up and snack on it, too.   Oooh, radishes might be nice, too, and they&amp;#039;d add some color to my white-and-green dish. I also whisked up some miso dressing from a recipe on the miso package: 4 tablespoons each miso paste (I used red miso) and honey plus 3 tablespoons each rice vinegar and mustard.   Put the noodles in the bottom of the bowl, pile the toppings on top and drizzle with the dressing. It&amp;#039;s a really fast lunch or light, refreshing dinner on an unseasonably warm fall day.  There are lots of noodle salads out there:  Peanut Ramen Noodle Salad Chinese Chicken Noodle Salad Thai Beef and Noodle Salad \u2014 Kim Walker "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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