Soba Bowl I love soba noodles as the base of a meal. They really lends themselves to a yummy peanut sauce but, if you don't like peanut, feel free to switch things up with a simple soy sauce. Ingredients Serves about 4 Peanut Butter Sauce ¾ c peanut butter ­ if natural you may have to add hot water to thin it out and make it "stir­able" 3 Tbsp soy sauce garlic, 2 cloves minced or 1 tsp garlic powder ginger, ½ tsp grated fresh ginger or ¾ tsp ground ginger agave syrup or brown sugar to taste, about 2 Tbsp red pepper flakes to taste hot/boiling water to thin sauce as needed rice vinegar optional: sesame oil for flavor Soba Bowl 8 oz bag of soba noodles 1 14­ounce package of firm or extra­firm tofu, cut into ½ in. cubes OR 1 cup cooked chickpeas if tofu is an unfamiliar ingredient to you or you don't like it Peanut oil, sesame oil or olive oil 2 cups purple cabbage, sliced into strips 3 cups broccoli, sliced into florets 1­2 red bell peppers, sliced into strips 2 medium carrots, sliced into strips Instructions 1. Cook soba noodles according to package instructions. Set aside. 2. Make up the sauce. Whisk ingredients together, adding hot water if it is difficult to whisk because of the peanut butter. You can also use a blender or a food processor (mini prep would work great) to do this. Set aside. 3. If using tofu, fry up the tofu. Heat up a good amount of oil in a large frying pan or wok over medium heat (I like to use peanut or sesame oil) ­ use a bunch so the tofu won't stick to the pan as much. Cook the tofu cubes on each side until browned. Set aside. (if you want to bread them first, you can ­ dip the cubes in flour and/or cornstarch before frying) 4. Heat up some more oil, if necessary, in the same pan. Add in all the veggies and cook through, about 15 minutes. If you like your broccoli browned, cook it a bit more than the other veggies. 5. Add the tofu and peanut sauce in with the veggies and cook for 1 minute just to heat everything up. You might want to turn down the heat a bit or the peanut sauce might begin to stick. You can also add water if it's too thick. 6. Add in the soba noodles if you want or just portion the veggies and sauce over the room­temperature noodles. 7. Enjoy! Recipe by Plenty Vegan at https://plentyvegan.com/plenty­vegan­plan­resources/cooking/simple­vegan­meals/dinner/.