As noted in the previous post, my friend Phoebe’s book, The Wellness Project, is not a cookbook. I am loving the two recipes I’ve made thus far, however (see Violet’s Big Blueberry Smoothie, which I’ve been making every day). This one is really fun, too, and super easy. Here’s the gist: You quick-pickle some vegetables, cook soba noodles, and make a dressing of almond butter, fresh lime juice, soy sauce, sesame oil, and honey. When you’re ready to serve, you toss the soba noodles with zucchini noodles (if you wish—I’ve omitted here) and the dressing, and pile the quickles on top — I like a near equal ratio of quickles to noodles. Like these soba noodles with peanut sauce, this one will be a good one to rely on in the summer — it’s so refreshing — and, if you subscribe to a CSA or tend a prolific garden, it makes great use of all of those carrots, cucumbers, and radishes you may find yourself up to your eyeballs in.
5 from 1 review The soba noodles I’ve been using recently contain both wheat and buckwheat. If you are trying to keep gluten free, look for soba noodles made with 100% buckwheat. I don’t have a favorite brand, but I’ve been really liking the Eden brand. They hold up nicely in the fridge even after a day or two — this may be because of the inclusion of wheat in the noodle. The original recipe calls for making zucchini noodles with a spiralizer, and then essentially using half cooked soba noodles and half raw zucchini. I will absolutely do this when zucchini season hits, but for now, I’ve omitted them. BUT, because the zucchini noodles sounded like fun, I decided to spiralize (as opposed to dice) the vegetables destined to be quick-pickled: radishes and cucumbers. I added carrots to the mix, too. Know, however, you can dice the radishes, cucumber, and carrots or julienne them if you don’t own a spiralizer. Almond butter: If you are using salted almond butter, omit the salt in the dressing, and add salt to taste after it is blended together. If you are using almond butter that is sweetened, omit the honey and add to taste after it is blended together.
