asian pasta salad

this is currently my favorite salad (the dressing has started going on everything...)

i found it in a southern living cookbook my friend let me borrow.

here's the original:

8 ounces cooked linguine
3 cups broccoli flowerets
12 cherry tomatoes, halved
4 green onions, sliced
2 large carrots, scraped and sliced diagonally
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons dark sesame oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon hot sauce (omitted this)
1 large clove garlic, minced

place cooked pasta in a large bowl. add broccoli and next three ingredients; toss well.
combine soy sauce and remaining 6 ingredients in a small jar, cover tightly, shake vigorously. pour over pasta mixture; toss gently. yields 4 servings.

i made it like this once, and now i just throw in whatever i have in the fridge. it's usually spinach, angel hair or fettuccine, corn, avocado, and yesterday some feta (not my favorite, probably won't do that again). i make lots of the dressing and keep it in the fridge.

enjoy