Thursday night was my stepdaughter's last night home with us as she wanted to get back to Chicago to see friends. For a special dinner I made Pad Thai. It was the best we've made in awhile so I have that recipe to share. Plus my brother called this morning asking me what to do with the leftover ham bone he had (frozen) from his Christmas dinner. We talked it over and decided making soup would be the best option for him and his 6-year-old son, except he didn't think split pea soup would work. In my Soup, A Way of Life by Barbara Kafka I found a chicken soup recipe that adds ham-which is perfect for my meat-loving brother! Two meats in one soup-Hot Dog! I have that recipe to share right here-Chicken Soup with Chinese Flavors. I can't wait to hear his success story with this recipe.
Then my Vegetarian Times magazine arrived last night with a beautiful photo of lasagna on the front cover! I'm a sucker for lasagna recipes so I will be trying this recipe for Kale lasagna this week. I've shared two of my favorite lasagna recipes; Eggplant Lasagna and the newer, Spinach and Feta Lasagna. so if you are looking for something delicious to cook this weekend, any of these lasagna recipes will make you happy! The interesting thing about the Kale recipe is it is made in an 8-inch baking pan so it will be smaller-not as many leftovers, which sometimes can be a good thing but might be just perfect to feed my family with a side salad or some fruit and bread-don't ever forget the bread here.
Okay, here is the star of the week, Vegetarian Pad Thai:
1 pound Asian Rice Noodles
1/4 cup soy/ Tamari sauce
1/2 cup lime juice
3 T. peanut butter
2 T. hot sauce
1/4 cup sugar
1 block tofu
1 onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 T Sesame oil
1/2 cup bean sprouts
1/4 cup crushed peanuts
4 scallions, sliced
1. Cook noodles according to package directions.
2. Whisk together soy sauce, peanut butter, lime juice, sugar, and hot sauce.
3. In large wok, sautee tofu, onions and garlic in sesame oil.
4. Add cooked noodles, peanut butter sauce to wok, stir well.
5. Top with sprouts, chopped peanuts and scallions. Serve hot.
6. I added fresh chopped basil at the table.
It was delicious and we had enough for lunch leftovers the next day.
Served with fresh bread and a spinach salad.
What's in your "casserole" for the weekend??
Happy Cooking and reading!
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7 comments:
I love Pad Thai...but have never made it. this sounds easy enough that I could try! :-)
Sounds awesome.I haven't made Pad Thai in a while. Now I have craving. LOL
Please share that kale lasagna recipe if it's good. We love kale around here and we love lasagna. Yummmm.
I made tortellini soup (no recipe) for Thursday night and then Mexican-flavored mini-meat loafs for last night (no recipe). I really need to start writing things down so I can share.
I usually put two fried and chopped eggs in my pad thai, but leave out the tofu. Will have to try adding tofu for veggie son. Thanks for the suggestion,
I will confess to having never tasted or made Pad Thai. The closest i've been to it was this week in a Thai restaurant. I didn't try it because I didn't know what was in it and didn't want anyone to know of my ignorance, So, now that I see the list of ingredients for your Pad Thai, I don't know what I've been afraid of. It sounds delicious.
I love pad thai... thanks for reminding me that I should make it again soon! Vegetarian Times is such a fun and inspiring mag, love it.
Yum. The Pad Thai sounds delicious!
I'm going to pass this along to my daughter who loves Thai food. Thanks.
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