Thai Yummy Salad

Dave and I don’t eat in restaurants very often, but about every other week, he insists on treating me to a dinner I don’t have to cook. I usually pick Thai food because I cannot get enough of the Yummy Salad at a nearby restaurant. This recipe is my less-sugary, peanut-free, more veggie-loaded version of that irresistible dish. The magic in this dish is its balance of the five major tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and hot. Nothing makes sweet taste sweeter than a salty-