Description
A delicious and healthy spaghetti recipe made with Fiber Gourmet Light Spaghetti and a creamy peanut sauce, loaded with fresh vegetables.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 oz. Fiber Gourmet Light Spaghetti (see notes)
- generous amount of salt, added to water for cooking pasta
- 2 cups coleslaw mix (see notes)
- 2 cups sliced sugar snap peas
- 1 red bell pepper, seeds and stem cut away and then thinly sliced
- 3 green onions, cut in thin diagonal slices
- 1 T sesame seeds, optional (see notes)
- 1/2 cup natural peanut butter (see notes)
- 3 T soy sauce (see notes)
- 1 T rice vinegar (not seasoned)
- 1 T Sriracha Sauce (more or less to taste)
- 1 T sesame oil
- 1 T Monkfruit sweetener (see notes)
- salt to taste, optional (I added just a little pinch of salt)
Instructions
- Break spaghetti in half. Bring a big pot of salted water to a boil, then add spaghetti and cook until barely al dente (The spaghetti should still be slightly chewy. I cooked the Fiber Gourmet Light Spaghetti not quite 19 minutes. Use time on the package you have.)
- While spaghetti cooks, measure 2 cups coleslaw mix (or slice cabbage). Slice green onions, slice sugar-snap peas, and slice red pepper strips.
- Put the peanut butter into a big glass measuring cup and microwave 20-30 seconds, until it’s just starting to soften.
- Then add the Tamari or soy sauce, rice vinegar, Sriracha Sauce to taste, sesame oil, and 1 T sweetener. Whisk together to make a creamy sauce.
- Taste to see if you want more sweetener (or more Sriracha if you really like it spicy). You might also want to add a pinch of salt if you’d like it a bit more salty. Add a tablespoon or so of water if the sauce seems too thick.
- When it’s done, drain spaghetti into a colander placed in the sink, then rinse with very cold water and let drain well.
- When spaghetti is well drained, put noodles in a bowl, add sauce, and gently stir to coat all the noodles with sauce. Stir in the veggies and gently combine.
- If desired, put sesame seeds in a small frying pan on the stove and toast for a minute or so. (If you buy toasted sesame seeds you can skip this step.)
- Put finished noodles into a bowl, garnish with sesame seeds and a few extra slices of green onion, and serve.
- Leftovers of this will keep in the fridge for a few days. I eat them cold, but you could microwave very briefly to heat if you prefer.
Notes
- The cooking time may vary based on the type of spaghetti used, so always refer to the package instructions.
- Using toasted sesame seeds can add extra flavor.
- The amount of Sriracha can be adjusted based on your spice preference.
- Coleslaw mix can be substituted with sliced cabbage if preferred.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: main dish
- Method: boil, mix, serve
- Cuisine: Asian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 6g
- Protein: 12g
- Cholesterol: 0mg