I finally made it back to the Monday night spinning class. I had taken a bit of a hiatus because the regular teacher (a good friend of mine) recently had a baby so she’s been out and the sub is not so great. Plus, usually it is nice to go to the gym with Geoff and have an early dinner together. Geoff is out of town this week so it’s back to the single routine for me. I had no idea what to have for dinner. I was dying for 28cook’s cold noodle recipe, but i didn’t have all the ingredients and Whole Foods was closed. I decided to improvise with what I did have and this is what came out. It’s bizarre, but surprisingly tasty.
8 oz whole wheat linguine
2 tsp toasted sesame oil
2 tsp tamari
2 tsp olive oil
1/4 tsp chili flakes
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tsp fresh ginger, minced
1 tbsp chunky peanut butter
2 tbsp hot water
1 tbsp fresh basil, chopped
salt (to taste)
1. Cook pasta according to package instructions.
2. Blend the rest of the ingredients in a food processor.
3. Combine noodles and peanut mixture in a large bowl. Serve hot or chill before serving.
I added extra chili flakes at the end. At that point, I was literally starving so I had the noodles warm, but plan to have the leftovers chilled.
June 5, 2007 at 16:21
I actually make something similar to this, but I make more of the sauce and mix it with cubes of seared tofu and some other veggies, and then pour it over the noodles. We call is “peanut butter spaghetti” it does seem bizarre, but we love it.
June 8, 2007 at 00:59
Liz, i love the new look here!!! That noodle dish you made here (thanks for typing out the recipe) looks SOOOOOOOO freakin’ good!!! Wow. I am lovin’ this! i know what you mean about makin’ food and gettin’ totally hungry by the time it’s alllllllllmost done… so ya eat it just a little early. Still mighty fine, i’m sure…