Healthy Serving:
Better Than "Take Out" Noodles

Ingredients:

  • 1/3 c. hot water
  • 1/3 c. peanut butter (chunky preferred)
  • 2 tsp. soy sauce
  • 2 tsp. white wine or rice vinegar
  • 2 finely chopped scallions, divided
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tsp. sugar
  • 1/4 tsp hot red pepper flakes (or more to taste--use cayenne pepper for a real kick)
  • 12 ounces spaghetti or other pasta

Directions:

Cook pasta until al dente and set it aside. In  a medium-sized bowl, combine water and peanut butter. Stir in soy sauce, vinegar, all but one tablespoon of the scallions, garlic, sugar and hot pepper flakes. Toss spaghetti with sauce. Garnish with the remaining scallions. Serves 4.

Recipe from the Frances Stern Nutrition Center at New England Medical Center, Boston. Contributed by Christine Perry.

More recipes   |   Tasty articles and tips

Back