PEANUT NOODLE DRESSING AND DIPPING SAUCE

I really, really enjoyed this sauce. I put it on my maifun noodles with some stir fry. It will work for about  two servings of maifun noodles. Anything more would be loose the peanut taste. I will be making some egg rolls and using this as a dipping sauce this weekend.


This peanut sauce can be made not spicy. This part is really up to you. As well as the salt content. That's the beauty of making your own food. I originally made my own peanut butter and never added salt. I ended up adding extra soy sauce to make up for it.



Quick notes:
Makes 2 servings for maifun noodle sauce
Can be thinned out with more hot water.

SPICY PEANUT NOODLE DRESSING AND DIPPING SAUCE

2 large garlic cloves ( pressed or minced)
1/3 to 1/2 c hot water
1 to 1 & 1/2 TBS soy sauce
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 TBS red miso (or white)
1 to 1 1/2 TBS spicy Thai chili or chili powder to taste
2 to 3 TBS lemon juice
1/4 c green onion (chopped) optional

Measure and mix all ingredients in a bowl with a fork or a whisk. Serve immediately or refrigerate up to 5 days.

WEEK IN PICTURES

1. Local jam from the farmers market.
2. Kichi (a.k.a shadow kitty, a.k.a. Vernon)
3. Mixing paint to silk screen.
4. Could NOT read Eat Sleep Sit. It was just so so boring and I had to put it down. Started reading Subtle Wisdom: Understanding Suffering, Cultivating Compassion Through Ch'an Buddism by Sheng-yen. As you can see I found the Buddhism section at the Jersey City library. The kitties were playing around me. Kichi is looking down at Fat Baci.
5. Moved some plants around. Now my tree is next to...
6. OUR NEW ARMCHAIR!?! Found this beauty at the Newark Salvation army for $25 bucks. About to steam clean it this week.
7. Sneak peak at the new design that I slaved over. I will also post how I created the new design. Lots of photos.

30 DAY NO COFFEE CHALLENGE, still.....

It's not that I need coffee. I don't need coffee. I want a cup of coffee because I want a cup of coffee, damn it.

This has been quite the experience for me. I thought it was going to be a breeze. The first week was easy. It was also the week my boyfriend was out of town. Sometimes I wanted coffee but settled for a cup of tea which was great. 

The second week was okay...until....I stayed up 36 hours doing a freelance illustration gig for the company my boyfriend works for. I didn't had any coffee. That's right! I stayed up for 36 hours and there was no coffee involved. There was a lot of stress, panic and deadlines.

This third week I am just irritated that I'm not having a coffee when I feel like having a coffee. This is harder then I imagined it to be. I am looking forward to the same thing my BFF mentions below.

Comments from Sara:

It smells soooo good in the morning. I heard Gene stirring his coffee downstairs today as I was waking up. It was such a yummy sound. And he buys the good shit. I blame his 50% Cuban tounge. 

I was groggy the first few days, but wasn’t so dependant on coffee enough that I was in any real withdraw. For me now, it’s just a taste thing, especially since I always had it at least half-caf. I can’t wait for a nice Half-Caf French Vanilla Soy on a chilled October day. <Content Sigh>

CHICKPEA MAGAZINE ISSUE 1

I received an email form Bob and Cara asking if they could feature my Powered by Veggies tee in their new online magazine. I of course, was more then happy to provide some food content as well.

Check out my contribution in the new Chickpea Magazine.