You know how you have this running mental list of what you want to look up on the Internet but then whenever you’re on the Internet you never remember and then, like, an hour after you’re away from the computer you’re like, “oh balls I totally forgot to look that sh*t up!” That’s how I’ve been about soba noodles. I keep wanting to make them, and then every time I’m at the market I forget to pick some up. So yesterday when I was at Fred Meyer in the foo-foo health food section, I was looking at something and soba caught my eye. Good thing because I got the last package.
Lately I’ve been diggin’ all things that are wholeliving, and so that’s the first and last place I looked for a recipe. Well holy smokes am I glad I did because what came out of my kitchen this evening will go down in my history book as one of the best meals EVER. Simply follow this recipe for a true gastronomic delight: Soba, Tofu and Vegetable Stir-Fry. Sounds bo-ring, right? ‘Twas anything but.
Frying up tofu – bok choy waiting in the wings
Boil, boil toil and trouble
Hellz yeah
I used insanely fresh veggies (I primarily shop for produce at New Seasons until the garden starts to produce and farmers’ markets are open) and not to toot my own horn, but I got lucky and the veggies were perfectly sauteed, noodles were that perfect softish al dente, and it was all salted (I used course sea salt – good salt is key!) to perfection. The sauce was at once nutty, light, tangy and spicy – a mixture of organic almond butter, rice vinegar and soy sauce. The only changes I made to this recipe were to add a 1/4 teaspoon more crushed red pepper (although this truly wasn’t hot at all) and half of the green tops from the bok choy which I added about 3/4 of the way through while cooking the veggies…I just felt it needed more greenery. All in all, a major success. If you decide to make this dish, please let me know how it turns out and I’d love to hear about your favorite soba dish. Happy cooking!
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7 Responses to “soba, it’s what’s for din-din”
What! You started a blog?! How did I not know about this?! I lovelovelove your blog! It is basically everything I would write about if I had a blog (and if I owned a home and had a child… someday).
Anyhow, I also love soba noodles.
I made this recipe from 101 Cookbooks recently-ish and it was pretty tasty and, almost as importantly, so extremely easy: http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/miso-soup-recipe.html
But pretty much every single recipe I’ve made of Heidi’s has been absolutely amazing. I have her cookbook, Super Natural Cooking, if you ever want to borrow it!
I did! I love that you love it and I love it even more that you commented!
I’m having a ton of fun putting this together and it’s great to know that some out there is actually reading it! Is anyone else out there!?! 
Pass it along!
I must try that miso! I was recently-ish (love it) reading about how rad miso is for you and 101cookbooks is such a great blog – it’s part of my favs as you can see. Her photography is kind of amazing as well. I’d love to borrow the cookbook for sure and the added bonus of that is that we can hang out.
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I’m trying this dish tonight.
We just had soba last night, so there is some left over. (Of course, I still think the best way to eat soba is cold, with a dipping sauce made from mirin, shoyu, water, and katsuobushi) and condiments (grated ginger, wasabi, nori, sesame seed). But I don’t like the same thing two nights in a row, and there is some broccoli in the ‘fridge that should be used! I’ll try to remember to come back and let you know what I think of it.
I used to like 101 cookbooks, but when she got all frou-frou about okonomiyaki and ditched the mayo and okonomi sauce, I dropped her.
Good for you to start a blog! I’ve had the interest, but never got off the ground with it.
It was great!
I’m so glad that you enjoyed it! We just had soba noodles with broccoli and homemade pesto for lunch the other day and it was delicious! I haven’t tried hardly ANY of the Japanese ingredients that you mentioned and now I must investigate!