Freezing Temps Call for Spicy Food
When I looked at the weather forecast yesterday, I didn't think it would really be as cold as they said it would be. I was dead wrong. Yesterday was one of those days that I should have gone with my gut instinct. What was that instinct you ask? WEAR UGGs. I mean, it was this cold:
Yeah...that says it FEELS like 14 degrees. That wasn't fun weather to walk across the entire campus 2x. So back to the UGGs. I know a lot of you out there hate them. Many of you think they are UGGly (ha) or that they remind you of the sometimes horrible fashion-sense of sorority girls (tucking leggings into UGGs). However, I was/am a sorority girl and I'm proud to rock my UGGs...in a fashionable way of course. But, yesterday I knew I would be teased to no end by faculty and members of my cohort, so I went with the Sperry's.
It was so cold on my walk back to my car that I didn't pause to tie my shoes and walked with untied shoes the entire way:
The freezing temps made me crave some spicy food. Tonight I decided to make...
Soba Noodles and Broccoli with a Spicy Peanut Sauce
Ingredients
-1 package soba noodles
-vegetable broth
-peanut flour (or peanut butter)
-agave nectar (or other sweetener)
-bragg liquid aminos (or soy sauce)
-milk (I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk)
-cayenne!!
-broccoli
Directions
I started with 1/3 cup peanut flour then added about 4 heaping tablespoons as I was cooking it. I added into the mix the entire mini carton of veggie broth (pictured above), 1/4 cup almond milk, 2 tbsp agave, 1 tbsp liquid aminos. The key to getting this all to mix is using a WISK! :) So whisk away and periodically taste it to see if you need to add more sweet or more salty...or more peanut butter flour. *Make sure you wait to add cayenne until the very end.
As the spicy peanut sauce was simmering on low, I started boiling the soba noodles. These took about 6 minutes to cook. Make sure you watch them because I think they would get really slimy if they cooked too long. While the soba noodles were cooking, I steamed broccoli in my microwavable steamer.
All done!
Yeah...that says it FEELS like 14 degrees. That wasn't fun weather to walk across the entire campus 2x. So back to the UGGs. I know a lot of you out there hate them. Many of you think they are UGGly (ha) or that they remind you of the sometimes horrible fashion-sense of sorority girls (tucking leggings into UGGs). However, I was/am a sorority girl and I'm proud to rock my UGGs...in a fashionable way of course. But, yesterday I knew I would be teased to no end by faculty and members of my cohort, so I went with the Sperry's.
It was so cold on my walk back to my car that I didn't pause to tie my shoes and walked with untied shoes the entire way:
The freezing temps made me crave some spicy food. Tonight I decided to make...
Soba Noodles and Broccoli with a Spicy Peanut Sauce
Ingredients
-1 package soba noodles
-vegetable broth
-peanut flour (or peanut butter)
-agave nectar (or other sweetener)
-bragg liquid aminos (or soy sauce)
-milk (I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk)
-cayenne!!
-broccoli
Directions
I started with 1/3 cup peanut flour then added about 4 heaping tablespoons as I was cooking it. I added into the mix the entire mini carton of veggie broth (pictured above), 1/4 cup almond milk, 2 tbsp agave, 1 tbsp liquid aminos. The key to getting this all to mix is using a WISK! :) So whisk away and periodically taste it to see if you need to add more sweet or more salty...or more peanut butter flour. *Make sure you wait to add cayenne until the very end.
As the spicy peanut sauce was simmering on low, I started boiling the soba noodles. These took about 6 minutes to cook. Make sure you watch them because I think they would get really slimy if they cooked too long. While the soba noodles were cooking, I steamed broccoli in my microwavable steamer.
All done!
dude. i even think uggs are uggly but ya know what? i value my toes more than i value fashion when its colder than you know what outside!
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