Healthier peanut noodle and tofu bowl. My current favorite easy dinner.
Have you ever tried a savory peanut butter recipe? If not, you need to try this out. Trust me, this peanut sauce is everything.
Funny thing is, this recipe started off as a pasta-free salad with almond vinaigrette. Somehow this happened instead. I have no regrets.
Before we moved to Saint John, I used to make peanut noodles almost weekly. Or at least I did for a few months, right before we moved in an apartment with my friend who’s allergic to peanuts. Naturally, this recipe was put on the back burner until I could use peanut butter again. I mean, I could have made a peanut-free version with Wow butter, which could have been good, but I decided to wait. In my opinion, it was well worth the wait. Peanut butter sauce has to me my favorite. There’s just something so satisfying about this creamy, rich and salty sauce.
For a lighter noodle bowl, I decided to use a mix of whole wheat vermicelli noodles (or white pasta with added fiber) and zucchini noodles. This bowl is also packed with red peppers, onions, ginger and garlic for added flavor and tofu for a protein boost. In other words, it’s a noodle bowl that happens to be vegan and filled with vegetables. If you want more, you could even add some julienned carrots.
Now for the recipe: The pasta is cooked in one saucepan while the vegetables are sauteed in a skillet. Everything is then thrown together and mixed with the peanut sauce. I like to top the bowls with purple cabbage, green onions, cilantro, chopped peanuts and a drizzle of lime juice for a little something extra.
It can all be done in under 30 minutes if you prepare the vegetables and sauce while the pasta is cooking. That means it can be a great weeknight dinner!
On another note, I’m planning a few exciting things for May starting next week (how is that even possible?!). Make sure to check out the blog and my Instagram page for some great giveaways next month!
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