hot, sunny, summery day calls for something cooling - like cold soba noodles!

i made zaru soba today, making the tsuyu (dipping sauce) from scratch for the first time

(very simple).

since we only had one pack of noodles at home, i made a big salad with CSA greens

which we ended up dipping them in the tsuyu too! so good & refreshing, especially with a copious amount of wasabi mixed in. :D