Whole Wheat Noodles with Peanut Sauce and Vegetables Recipe
I hope everyone had a nice Valentine’s weekend. My hubs spoiled me with breakfast, gifts, and flowers. Since Josh made breakfast, I took control and made dinner and baked his favorite cookies for dessert-oatmeal chocolate chip. We also relaxed and watched the Olympics and the All Star game. It was a nice, lazy Valentine’s Day.
I recently posted my favorite vegetable spring rolls with peanut dipping sauce. The peanut dipping sauce is the most amazing sauce ever. I can’t praise it enough. I was craving my peanut sauce the other night, but didn’t have all of the ingredients for spring rolls. I decided to try the sauce with noodles and veggies instead. It was just as tasty and super easy to make.
The peanut sauce went perfectly with the whole wheat noodles. I love the nutty flavor of whole wheat pasta. I used spaghetti noodles, but soba noodles would work too. I tossed in broccoli, red and green peppers, carrots, and cilantro. This meal was ready in a matter of minutes and it was outstanding-a new favorite. Eating healthy doesn’t have to take a ton of time or cost a lot of money. This meal is a perfect example! Give it a try this week.
Whole Wheat Noodles with Peanut Sauce and Vegetables
Ingredients:
For Peanut Sauce:
1 small piece of lemon grass, chopped
Freshly grated ginger-to taste
1 cup water
½ cup hoisin sauce
3 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
1½ tablespoons sugarWhole Wheat Spaghetti (Soba noodles would work too)
Broccoli
Red Pepper Strips
Green Pepper Strips
Carrot Strips
Cilantro
Sesame SeedsDirections:
To make the peanut sauce:
In a small sauce pan, simmer lemon grass in the water for 5 minutes, strain out the lemongrass and add the remaining ingredients to the water. Whisk well and simmer an additional 5 minutes. If the sauce doesn’t thicken, whisk for one minute over medium heat.Boil a pot of water and add a little bit of salt. Add the pasta and cook until done. Drain and set aside.
Steam or blanch the vegetables. I steamed mine. In a large bowl, add the pasta and vegetables. Toss. Stir in some peanut sauce. I didn't measure anything because I was making the dish for one. If you are making it for several people, make a box of pasta and lots of veggies. Slowly stir in the sauce and taste. You probably won't need all of it. When I made it for myself, I probably only used 2-3 Tablespoons of the sauce. It is pretty flavorful. Just add a little as you go and save the leftover sauce in the refrigerator.
I sprinkled the pasta and veggies with sesame seeds before serving. This dish is good hot or cold. You can use whatever veggies you like too. Enjoy!
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Yum! I made this last night and my whole family gobbled it up! Thanks Maria!
You are great at those food pictures!!
I guess it’s been a while since I’ve visited your blog, but it looks great!!!
This sounds absolutely delicious. And love that it’s super healthy too.
I adore noodles in all their guises. These look really good, Maria. Have a wonderful day. Blessings…Mary
Beautiful! Usually when I make peanut noodles, I use coconut milk, which can make the sauce somewhat heavy. I will definitely give your recipe a try next time!
mmm gotta love a good peanut sauce!
I love spicy peanut sauce. This is a perfect weeknight meal. It’s easy, nutritious and tasty.
Peanut noodles with veggies is one of my favorite meals. I love the hoisin in your sauce!
Looks yummy and healthy!
I’ve been thinking about maybe making some pad thai and this re-reminded me. Looks so healthy this dish.
Yum! Peanut sauce is a big favourite for us.
Gorgeous photo! It looks so appetizing and colorful!
This looks delicious!
We would love this pasta dish at our house too!
This sounds delicious Maria! I just made whole wheat pasta for the first time last week. I really didn’t notice the whole wheat flavor like I do in ready made pasta, but the texture is completely different and wonderful!
Wow, this is beautiful!!! And soooo yummy
Um, oops. I didn’t finish my comment before hitting ‘submit’…hehe, sorry! I meant to say “And soooo yummy-looking!”
Another beautiful dish Maria! If anyone is nutfree, you can use sunflower butter in place of peanut butter in a Thai sauce like this and the flavor is very good and only subtly different. I’ve gotten hooked on sunflower butter at home!
What a great light meal
YUM! This looks great. I will have to try this with almond butter.
Made this last night with soba noodles, broccoli, carrots and snow peas (omitted cilantro and sesame seeds since I didn’t have them in the house). Rather than grating up the ginger in the sauce, I boiled a piece of ginger with the lemon grass (which smelled delightful, and I think would make a dynamite (and sinus clearing) tea). It turned out wonderfully, and was quick and easy enough for a weeknight dinner. I ate the leftovers for lunch today – just as good cold the next day as they were warm last night. We ended up using up all the sauce – my kids added copious amounts to their noodles, and dipped raw veggies in it. We’ll be making another batch of the sauce tonight for spring rolls. Good stuff!
twopeas replied: — February 18th, 2010 @ 2:01 pm
Jen-so glad you enjoyed this dish. Thanks for letting us know!
this looks great — and easy too! perfect weeknight dinner, esp with whole wheat pasta!
This looks great. I have one child who likes broccoli and one who likes carrots, so this is a perfect recipe for me!
I bought the ingredients for this that I didn’t have on hand and can’t wait to try it out this week. I hope the kids like it too because it sounds like it’s gonna be tasty.
Thanks!
I make a similar dish and than put same Red curry paste or Sambal in the
peanut sauce this makes it a bit more spicy
It definitely looks healthy and delicious. Very Spring-y. I think I’ll just go a bit crazy and add more veggies.
I made this last week and LOVED it!!! I used Barney Butter- Almond/Creamy, instead of peanut butter, just to make it a little healthier… OMGoodness!! It was so so so good! Since I am dieting, and therefore not having sweets these noodles tasted so sweet to me!! I loved every bite!!! Thanks so much!! It’s a definite keeper!
twopeas replied: — March 28th, 2011 @ 7:15 am
I will have to try it with Barney Butter. Glad you enjoyed this dish!
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Oh my goodness this was so delicious! I will definitely be making this again and again. I didn’t have any lemon grass, red pepper, or sesame seeds, but I added steamed kale and green onions to the rest of the mix that i did have and topped with sliced almonds. Thank you for sharing this recipe!