Veggies With Peanut Sauce

Love this dish because it's easy and versatile! You can choose your favorite veggies and make the peanut sauce plain or spicy. It can be served with pasta stirred right in (my favorite is soba noodles) or you can serve it over rice, quinoa or some other interesting grain.

Ingredients:

Veggies - Some of my favorites to use include onions, baby bella mushrooms, celery, carrots cut into match sticks, zucchini, and fennel. Use any or all, as well as some of your own favorites.
Tamari
Veggie broth
Peanut butter
One lime (optional)
Thai curry paste (optional)
Cooked pasta, rice, or quinoa (optional)

Slice the veggies into bite sized pieces. In a large, non-stick, covered pan cook the veggies over medium heat with just a small splash of veggie broth and tamari. Place the veggies that take the longest on the bottom. I usually like the onions on the bottom and let them go for a while so they get a bit of color. If I'm adding zucchini that goes in for just the last 5 minutes or so.

When the veggies are just about done I make a space in the center of the pan and spoon in some peanut butter along with another splash of veggie broth and tamari. This is also decision making time. You could stir in 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of Thai curry paste and/or a squeeze of lime juice. Thai curry paste will make the dish spicy and a squeeze of lime juice makes the dish limey, of course.

This is also the time when you could stir in some cooked pasta. You could also leave out the pasta and serve the veggies over brown rice or quinoa. And though it's not listed in the ingredients, this dish is also great with added chunks of chicken. Don't you just love choices!

Enjoy!