Peanut-Vegetable Salad

Dressing

• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 tablespoons peanut butter
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon grated gingerroot
• 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

Salad

• 2 cups thinly sliced Chinese (napa) cabbage
• 1 cup thinly sliced red cabbage
• 4 oz fresh snow pea pods, trimmed, cut in half diagonally (1 cup)
• 1 cup fresh baby carrots, quartered lengthwise
• 1 small red bell pepper, cut into thin strips
• 1 package (3 or 3.5 oz) any flavor ramen noodle soup mix
• 1/4 cup coarsely chopped dry-roasted peanuts