cabbage salad/ 2 minute maggi noodle salad

1 package of maggi noodles, crumbled, toasted
½ head cabbage, finely chopped (i like to have both red + white mixed)
4 spring onions, chopped
½ cup sliced toasted almonds or peanuts
½ cup toasted sesame seeds

mix all ingredients together except the ramen noodles and nuts. refrigerate.

dressing:
flavor packet from the noodles
3 tbsp sweet flavoured vinegar (i used Susan's Bay Plantation Pineapple Vinegar)
½ tsp of pepper
juice of 1 lime/lemon
1 tbsp soya sauce
Oil

sprinkle noddles, nuts and drizzle salad dressing over salad and serve immediately

local shopping tip:

• the noodles is available from any supermarket. 
• spring onions and white english cabbage are easily available at the market. 
• i like to buy my almonds, peanuts and semase seeds from lazy chefs in flagstaff. phone number 310 0220. most of the times they sell lemons, fresh basil and lemongrass
• Susan only sells her yummy homemade vinegar at the ROC Market every third Sunday of the month. To find out when the next market is - check out their facebook page here

here is another variation recipe of the same salad (i can't decide which recipe i like more)

4 tbsp rice vinegar
6 tbsp sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup sesame seeds roasted
1/2 cup almond chopped + roasted
1/2 english cabbage white/red shredded

Mix all ingredients except the seed. Add seeds just before serving.

A variation to this is to add the raw 2 minute maggi noodles to the salad just before you add the seeds. The noodles to be crushed up into little pieces.