Well....I'll tell you a secret. I do cheat. I cheat when I make Pad Thai. :) I found this recipe over at Happy Herbivore. Have you checked her out yet? Oh. My. Goodness. I have not found a single dish of hers that I am not in love with. I think I'm going to be asking for her entire cookbook set for Christmas and I'm kinda anti cookbook (I can't stand the clutter - so I end up putting them away and then I never use them!)
I love using this recipe to use up all the odds and ends from the fridge or when I get a ton of veggies in the reclaimed produce box. Both of the pictures in this post are filled with free veggies (except for the water chestnuts in the first pictures - those were a special request from Ze-Ra)! :) I think I can handle a meal that costs less than $1 for 4 people!!! :)
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Cheater Pad Thai
What's In It:1/4 c soy sauce
2 T sweet soy sauce (or additional regular soy sauce)
2 T peanut butter
2 T sweet chili sauce*
1 t siracha sauce
1/2 t garlic powder
1/2 t ginger powder
8 oz rice noodles, prepared
What To Do With It:
Whisk all ingredients except for noodles together. I sometimes do this earlier in the day and keep it in the fridge if I know I'm going to be rushed later - how can you be too rushed to whisk something together in 2 minutes? I don't know, but it happens. :)
Pour over rice noodles as soon as they are ready.
Serve with bean sprouts, green onions, veggie stir fry - or just enjoy the noodley goodness. :)
*I use a sweet chili sauce for spring rolls. I just saw that you can make your own....I smell a project! :)
Looks yummy Mel! So easy to toss together..my kind of dinner :)
ReplyDeleteThank so much for linking up today at Share Your Stuff Tuesdays!!!
Thanks Erin and thank you for hosting! I am loving Share Your Stuff Tuesdays - so many good dishes being shared over there! :)
DeleteAnd you aren't kidding about super easy to toss together - this is my new last minute "what are we having for dinner?!" meal :)