I’m part of a GLOBAL plant-based potluck today. Doesn’t that sound super impressive? Over 170 of my virtual vegan friends have committed to participation in Virtual Vegan Potluck, a twice-a-year, orderly, and yummy way to expose their blog followers to new recipes and new vegan blogs. I am so excited about the blogroll itself I can hardly stand it. New reading! My “dish to pass” is a salad. A tried and true salad that never has leftovers and leaves everyone shocked that they just ate Thai food. Hey, eat more veggies while you are at it.
I relish all of the different flavor combinations that comprise regional foods and on occasion I like to make up my own recipes from the most awesome parts of other recipes. I love peanut sauce in Thai restaurants; however it is not good for you. At. All. I modified a recipe I found online cutting out the non-veg ingredients, pinched a little of the fat (bye-bye oil) and yet maintained a “dressing” consistency suitable for a salad instead of satay duty. Paired with a few of my fave salad ingredients including the beloved soba noodle, I dropped in a spicy protein too to give you a delightfully filling and portable salad that could hold its own at a REAL potluck. Hello summer!
Peanut Dressing:
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup (brown) rice vinegar
- 1 T tamari or soy sauce
- 1 tsp to 1 T chopped, ground, or pre-chopped ginger (test along the way)
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped
- drizzle of toasted sesame oil (keep it to less than a tsp)
- big pinch of crushed red pepper flakes or 1 tsp-1T of hot sauce, your choice
- 1/4-1/2 cup hot water
Salad:
- 1 package soba noodles prepared according to package instructions
- 2 carrots, peeled, grated
- 4 radishes, chopped
- 1 head napa cabbage, shredded
- 1/4 C crushed peanuts or cashews, toasted
- a handful of bean spouts per salad
- 1 package extra firm tofu, drained, sliced in half (thickness wise) and pressed (after pressing 20-30 minutes, cut into pieces about the size of a pinky finger-sorry, that’s kinda gross!)
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 C soy sauce
- 2 inches ginger, peeled and grated
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes
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Peanut noodles are the best!
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I agree Poppy!
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Seriously – one of the best salads around. Bravo! Thanks for participating in the Potluck!
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Thank you. I love the salty tofu and the sweet peanut sauce. Yumm! Also, travels well and no threat of spoiling in the summer heat.
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Oh my creamy deliciousness! I want that salad on my plate!
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You should give it a whirl. This sauce is good on any salad really…super noms dressing.
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Yum!!!! I wold love to make this! 🙂
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DO IT! Post pics!
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Mmmm, anything asian inspired is deicious! This looks fantastic! 🙂
– alexis
http://www.sugarcoatedvegan.com
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I love anything noodles.
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I love peanut noodles! And even better if they’re made with soba noodles and crunchy vegetables– such a nice idea. 🙂
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I really think you can eat peanut sauce on just about anything….yummmyyyyy!
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You had me at peanut. YUM!
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Adorable. I know…I have also subbed out PB2 for this, saves cals. 🙂
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What a lovely vegan peanut sauce & soba noodles salad for the VVP! I love this dish a lot! It looks splendid too! 🙂 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
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Thank you! I eat this once a week in the summer at least…makes a great lunch with leftovers!
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So true & yummy too! I also took part in the VVp, but am in the dessert section this time! 🙂
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This looks delicious. I love peanut sauce, noodles, tofu and veggies. This would be the first thing gone from my plate.
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You could grill the tofu and top with sauce or stuff into a pita and nom!
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Yum! Thank you for the suggestion.
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This is pretty much my favorite meal in a bowl, I’m obsessed with anything that comes covered in peanut sauce 🙂
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I know….it’s totally addicting!
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YUM, peanutty noodles are one of my fave dishes ever! Nice to find you via the potluck!
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Mmmmm! I love peanut sauce on noodles! I know my guests would go wild for this salad!
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I love peanut sauce. You can make it spicy or super sweet. It’s so flexible.
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yum! I once made something similar and added diced mangoes and they were so good.
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That sounds amazing. I ❤ Mango!
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Damn, this looks good. I suppose I will have to lift the peanut butter ban in the house (I cannot stop eating the stuff), to make this salad. Thank you for the recipe. yum.
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I am not sure how you can manage a peanut butter ban…man I love that stuff! Have you tried PB2? I get it from Amazon. Less cals, same delish taste.
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This sounds absolutely amazing. I made peanut sauce and poured it all over my tofu salad for dinner tonight – yum! With soba noodles is a great idea though and I’ve marked it to try! Would have loved to see some more in focus shots of the final salad though.
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I am no photographer, I’m a PR gal 🙂
Sometimes I get good photos, sometimes I do not.
I will try for some better shots next time. My camera is quite old 😦
Thanks for the encouragement. I appreciate it!
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Anything with peanut sauce is a winner in my book! Yum, yum.
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AMEN!
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