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Tips on how to save time cooking and lots more delicious and healthy recipes can be found in Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify & Energize Your Life. Your Home & Your Planet.

Cold Noodles with Sesame Sauce 

I have adapted this from the traditional Szechwan Chinese dish. Serve this in warm weather with a salad. A nice dressing for the salad is the Soy Dressing, in the “Salads and Dressings” section.  Warning: This is addicting!

1 pound Chinese-style dried noodle (found in Asian food stores, the noodle looks like spaghetti, fettuccini or angel hair, but tastes different) or spaghetti/fettuccini
5 cloves garlic, minced
1-2 tablespoons ginger, minced
3 tablespoon black or white sesame seeds
1 bunch scallions, chopped
1 cucumber, cut into long thin shreds 

Sauce:

2 tablespoon San-J® All Purpose Szechuan Hot and Spicy Sauce
1 cup crunchy or smooth natural peanut butter
3 tablespoons soy or tamari sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
Hot pepper flakes to taste
Water 

While heating water to cook pasta; sauté ginger, sesame seeds and garlic. Adjust heat to low and add ingredients for sauce, stirring well. Add small amounts of water until you like the consistency—should be thin enough to coat the pasta easily. Taste the sauce, as you may want to add more of one or more ingredients. If it is too hot and spicy, add more peanut butter. Cook pasta, drain and toss in the sauce. Embellish with cucumber. Serve room temperature or warm.  

Vegetarian Pasta Primavera
I defy even a meat lover to know that this is vegetarian. This dish is so naturally delicious that it might become a staple. Vary with different vegetables and optional ingredients.  

1 package of tofu faux ground beef  like Lightlife® Smart Ground® (or 1 pound of ground beef or chicken if you insist)
4-8 cloves garlic, minced
3 carrots, chopped
2 zucchini, chopped
1 pound portobello or other variety mushrooms, chopped
Any other vegetable you like
Organic prepared pasta sauce or homemade sauce

Add any or all of the following:

2 ounces chevre or bleu cheese
2 tablespoon capers
1 tablespoon anchovy paste
Hot sauce and/or red pepper flakes
1-2 tablespoon(s) balsamic vinegar or red wine
Artichokes, quartered
Handful of Kalamata olives, roughly chopped
1 pound spaghetti, angel hair or linguini 

While heating water to cook pasta; sauté garlic, add vegetables and continue to sauté 5-10 minutes. Crumble in Smart Ground®. Add pasta sauce and any other ingredients you wish. Cook on low-medium heat and keep warm until pasta is cooked. This will freeze well if you leave out the cheese, then add cheese as you warm it before serving. 

Tips on how to save time cooking and lots more delicious and healthy recipes can be found in Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify & Energize Your Life. Your Home & Your Planet.

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