Went over to drop off the lamb thinking my duties were done.

Nope . Dad was like you know that snake beans salad that you make . I’ve got a bunch of them have you got the ingredients to make it?

It’s his subtle way of hinting I really like your salad why didn’t you make any?

I told him I think so but I need some fresh herbs from your garden. So off I went with a pair of scissors to cut.

I didn’t have all the ingredients and well his bunch of snake beans were a bit floppy pathetic looking . Don’t know how long they’ve been sitting in the fridge .

Anyhow couldn’t say no to dad. So on the way home I detoured to the  supermarket to grab the missing ingredients and also for a pasta salad as from the look of things there’s not much.

Mum was cooking a pot of chicken rice and she said she’ll make some spring rolls for the kids . 

My other sister was making salads.

Been cooking for the last 2 hours my legs are sore as. Roped in the two younger ones to shell and dethread the prawns for me . A job they hate though they only had to do 10 each.

I love pasta salad . I tend to add everything and anything . There’s celery , corn, cucumber, strawberries and carrot in this one .


Snake beans salad with no snake beans 😂 substituted with beans .

Still got to make the dressing and blanch the prawns and I’m all done. A very fiddly salad since had to do the grounded pan fried rice (thính ) from scratch .