COURGETTE NOODLES WITH PEANUT SAUCE

COURGETTE NOODLES WITH PEANUT SAUCE

After having visitors last week and making meals that were friendly for five children I really fancied something a bit more “out there”. Yes, making noodles out of vegetables is still very odd to so many people. There is however a shift towards healthier, more plant based diets. Small but sure steps. There are more and more people telling me about drinking green smoothies or buying juicers. I have also noticed that every time I show somebody the spiraliser there is a 50/50 chance they will be buying one.

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As you know I am addicted to peanut butter and use it in my cooking very often. You can also use almond or cashew nut butter in this recipe. It works well with either. You can make it as spicy or as mild as you like, you don’t have to use any chilli at all. I like quite a lot of lime juice, I added juice of 1 lime to the sauce but added another half a lime worth of juice to my portion. I didn’t have any fresh coriander, if you do, use plenty of it as a garnish. You can also use half courgettes half carrots for the noodles.

One important thing to remember about courgette noodles: if you let them sit (i.e. prepare in advance) mixed with sauce, they will release quite a lot of water. The lesson is, if you are planning to make this recipe and eat it later, use less water in the peanut sauce otherwise the flavours will be too diluted.

Enjoy!

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COURGETTE NOODLES WITH PEANUT SAUCE
Serves 2-3

3 courgettes
1/2 red pepper
3 spring onions
2 Tbs sesame seeds (I used black)
fresh coriander

Sauce
4 Tbs organic peanut butter
1 Tbs soya sauce (tamari or shoyu are best)
1/2 a mild chilli pepper
1-2 limes, juice
3-4 Tbs water

  • Using a spiraliser make the courgettes into noodles. I used the linguini setting. Place in a large bowl.
  • Slice the pepper into thin long strips, add to the bowl.
  • To make the sauce add all the sauce ingredients apart from water to a blender and blend adding water to achieve desirable consistency (see picture)
  • Pour the sauce onto the noodles mix well.
  • Serve the noodles garnished with slices of spring onion and black sesame seeds.

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