Lighter Peanut Sauce Food

THE VERY BEST PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Blend all the sauce ingredients together in a small blender or food processor until smooth and creamy.
• Find everything in your house that can be dunked in this ridiculously good sauce and then get to work.

LIGHTER PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix powdered peanut butter with 1/4 cup water. Add sesame oil, lime juice, and fish sauce; whisk to combine. Add more water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency is reached. Stir in sambal oelek, if desired. Sauce can be stored in an airtight container in refrigerator up to 2 days.

LIGHTER SESAME NOODLES

Steps:

• In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook spaghetti 3 minutes less than al dente. Add broccoli, bell peppers, and onion. Cook until pasta is al dente and vegetables are tender, 3 minutes more. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta water; drain pasta and vegetables.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together peanut butter, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, oil, garlic, and red-pepper flakes. Add hot pasta and vegetables; toss to coat, thinning sauce with a little pasta water, if necessary. Serve at room temperature or chilled.

ASIAN NOODLE SALAD

Steps:

• For the salad: Bring a pot of water to a boil. Cook the spaghetti to al dente according to the package directions. Drain, rinse and let cool.
• Mix together the cooked spaghetti, carrots, peppers, bean sprouts, cucumbers, scallions, cilantro, napa cabbage, purple cabbage and kale. Add the peanuts and toss together.
• For the dressing: Whisk together the olive oil, soy sauce, oyster sauce, rice wine vinegar, brown sugar, ginger, sesame oil and garlic in a medium bowl.
• Pour the dressing over the salad and mix together with tongs or your hands. If the salad seems a little dry, just mix up a little more of the wet ingredients of the dressing and throw it in. It's a very organic process.
• Transfer to a large platter and serve.