Garden-Fresh Pad Thai Hack

Dear Turkey,

It's kind of like if

Pad thai met ratatouille

But in a good way

Garden-Fresh Pad Thai Hack

(serves 3)

Ingredients:

- 3 c cooked noodles (I used flat cellophane noodles), tossed with some sesame oil so they don't stick

- 2 T sesame oil

- 6 T rice vinegar, divided

- 3 T honey

- 3 T mustard (I used country mustard)

- 2 T lemon juice (bottled is fine)

- 2 t minced garlic (jarred is fine)

- 3 T plain yogurt (I used full-fat), peanut butter, or both

- 1 zucchini, cubed

- 2 tomatoes, cubed

- 1 small sweet orange pepper, sliced

- 32 oz tofu (I used Ithaca Soy Tofu Kan), cubed

- 2 cukes, sliced 

- 3 T pickled ginger slices

Instructions:

- Heat the sesame oil and garlic in a big pot until the garlic starts to sizzle. Add the zucchini, tomatoes, pepper (or whatever veggies are in your garden), tofu, 3 T of the rice vinegar, mustard, lemon juice, yogurt and/or pb, and honey. Simmer this for about 20 minutes or until it's about as saucy as you want and the zucchini is tender.

- Combine the cukes, ginger slices, and remaining rice vinegar in a separate bowl.

- Plate the noodles and then cover with the veggies and tofu. Garnish with the cuke salad.

Enjoy,

Tofu