![]() ![]() The sodium in the dressing pulls out the moisture in the noodles so you don’t want to let them sit for too long. I mentioned this in the recipe itself, but you’ll definitely want to store the “noodles” and dressing separately if you won’t be eating it all at once. Once you have your vegetables and tofu prepped, you just whip up that zippy peanut dressing and toss. It took me a little while to turn carrots, daikon and zucchini into noodles with my julienne peeler, but there is no actual cooking required, so it came together fairly quickly. (They snuck in a few of their adorable little Elsa, too.) It’s a coffee table-worthy cookbook that has been brightening up my kitchen island for days. They filled it with photos of their travels and recipes inspired by said travels. Like, I want to make a cookbook but no cookbook of mine will ever compare to this book’s beauty. That’s when I had another omg-where-has-this-been-all-my-life reaction, but this time to a cookbook and its contents. David offered me a copy a while back, so I eagerly tore into the envelope when it finally landed on my doorstep. You may already be familiar with the couple’s blog, Green Kitchen Stories, which offers stunning, produce-driven recipes. This is David and Luise’s creative interpretation of traditional pad Thai, and it doesn’t require the ingredients that can be hard to find in regular American grocery stores. It’s far from traditional pad Thai, which features rice noodles cooked in a sauce made with tamarind pulp and fish sauce. ![]() This recipe is fresh, unique and delicious. I’ve never tried making it at home, though, so I couldn’t resist this fresh, vegetable “noodle” spin on pad Thai in David and Luise’s new cookbook, Green Kitchen Travels: Healthy Vegetarian Food Inspired by Our Adventures. I’ve eaten my fair share of pad Thai in years since. ![]() In college, my friends introduced me to all the cuisines I’d been missing out on in bland suburbia: Indian buffets! Pad Thai! Vegetarian sushi! My super picky younger self had survived on granola bars, two-ingredient salads and pizza throughout high school. It happened sometime during college, as did so many other first food experiences. Do you remember your first bite of pad Thai? I don’t remember exactly when or where mine took place, but I vividly remember my omg-where-has-this-been-all-my-life reaction to the first bite. ![]()
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