Soba Noodles with Peanut Sauce & Raw Veggies

Soba Noodles with Peanut Sauce & Raw Veggies

Terrific lunch. Serves 4

• 8 oz soba (buckwheat) noodles

(Buckwheat noodles are gluten-free if you get 100% buckwheat noodles)

Sauce:

• 4 TB peanut butter
• 1 TB rice or other vinegar
• 4 TB tamari soy sauce
• 4 TB oil (peanut, organic canola or safflower)
• 1 TB toasted sesame oil
• 2 TB honey
• 1/2 tsp hot pepper flakes

Veggies:

• 1 small red pepper, chopped
• 2 scallions, chopped
• 1 small carrot, sliced
• 1/2 peeled cucumber, chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro

Garnish generously with:

• toasted sesame seeds
• more dried red pepper flakes
• optional: roasted peanuts

Cook soba noodles according to directions (8-10 min). Drain and set aside.

Prepare sauce by blending ingredients together (I used a blender.)

Stir sauce into noodles and refrigerate while preparing veggies.

Stir veggies into noodles, garnish generously with toasted sesame seeds, red pepper flakes to taste, and peanuts if desired.