On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 11:46:32 -0500, "Cate"
> wrote:

>Husband's office staff (half of whom are college or grad students) is coming
>for a Christmas party at our house this Sunday afternoon. Tiny house, staff
>of 15, nowhere for them all to sit, so all the food must be finger food or
>easily eaten with a fork while standing.
>
>There's one known vegetarian in the bunch (possibly more we don't know
>about), and I'm trying to balance meaty and meatless dishes. I have limited
>time this weekend to cook, so I'm hoping to make some things of time and
>freeze it. The final menu isn't yet set, so I'm open to suggestions.
>
>But my main request is that I'm looking for a meatless pasta or rice salad
>(ie., cold) recipe that's not the standard macaroni primavera and mayo-based
>dressing. Something that can hold up unrefrigerated for three hours is
>required. Any combo of chewy, crunchy, tangy, sweet, spicy is even better.
>And anything that cuts down my cooking time would be great too.

Sesame noodles

Tara