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Thai-Style Sour Salad with Peaches

Thai-Style Sour Salad with Peaches by Alison's Allspice This week I have another peach recipe for you, but this is no ordinary peach recipe.  This Thai-style sour salad is made with peaches, tofu, and green beans.  The dressing is amazing; it is sour yet complex in a lick-up-every-drop kind of way.

Most Thai-style salads are made with papaya and are made very (very) spicy.  The only spice I included was some red pepper flake to season the tofu, so this salad is pretty mild and fits my midwestern palate well. Continue reading

Pad Thai Sauce

Pad Thai Sauce by Alison's AllspiceI used to live about a block away from a Thai restaurant in a loft apartment.  We would frequent the restaurant with family, to celebrate, or to grab an easy dinner.  Luckily, we still live close by, but these days I cook at home more.  This pad Thai sauce recipe allows me to make my restaurant favorite at home.

You only need 4 ingredients, one for each flavor: sweet, sour, salty, and spicy.  The tamarind paste is your sour flavor, and it varies greatly from brand to brand in my experience. You might have to do some trial and error with the specific brand you can get to figure out just how you like it, but it will be worth it! Continue reading