Tag Archives: Quick and Easy

Double cabbage and peanut noodle salad

This recipe has become a favorite that we eat almost every weekend.  Its fast, fresh, and delicious! Welcome, my friends, to the joy of a tasty peanut noodle salad with not only one, but two cabbages!

Merge Cabbages

Cabbage is a cruciferous vegetable (along with others like broccoli and kale) and is full of nutrients that are beneficial to health.  I love that cabbage lasts a while in the refrigerator and is easy to toss into just about any salad.

Merge peanuts and napa

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Sesame Soba Noodle Salad with Tofu

Salads are awesome.  In any shape or form.  Combining simple ingredients with a flavorful sauce or dressing is pure genius.  Today’s salad is made with Japanese soba noodles, broccoli, and tofu.  It is very simple, then you add the sauce and voila!  It’s an awesome salad.

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You can swap in your favorite veggie or protein source to customize this salad.  I love the texture of a good pan seared tofu bite, with the crunchy broccoli, but you may prefer some chicken with snow peas.  Go with the flow, do as your heart desires.

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Simple Baked Zucchini Grinders

Zucchini is a favorite summer time staple of mine.  If you have ever grown zucchini you know that often times you end up with more zucchini than you can use and this recipe is great way to devour those delectable summer time treats!

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This sandwich is a vegetarian twist on the Italian grinder.  I have made this classic recipe a little easier by using simple marinara sauce, made zesty with garlic and lots of red pepper flakes, and a little tastier by toasting it in the oven!

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