Recipe: Vegetarian Soba Noodles with Carrots, Pea Shoots and Avocado

Super easy and delicious vegetarian recipe adapted from Project Domestication. I’ve made with the pea shoots and with spinach, both delightful. What would you add? Peanuts, cilantro, diakon radish…

Ingredients:

• 1-2 bundles of soba noodles
• 3-4 carrots cut into ribbons (vegetable peeler or a mandolin work)
• large bunch of pea shoots or spinach, chopped
• 1 green garlic, chopped (set aside about 1 tsp for dressing)
• 1 avocado cut into chunks
• chopped chives

Dressing:

• 2 tbsp soy sauce or tamari (gluten free soy sauce)
• 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 1 tbsp sunflower oil
• 1 tsp honey
• 2 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted
• salt and pepper to taste

Cook soba noodles according to package directions and set aside. Place a pan on medium low to low heat, add a bit of sunflower oil, then add pea shoots or spinach and cook until barely wilted. Add in green garlic, cook briefly, turn off heat and set aside. Mix together dressing. In a large bowl or pan, add soba noodles and 1/3 dressing, toss to coat. Add carrots, spinach, remaining dressing and mix well. Plate and add avocado. Done and done.