Indonesian Noodles (Plant-based, Gluten-Free)

The cookbook "Forks Over Knives" has been a main resource over the past several months for our family.  From Chef AJ's "Disappearing Lasagna" to delicious pastas using cauliflower to make an amazing cream sauce, it seems all recipes have been wonderful.

The Indonesian Noodles recipe originally calls for brown rice noodles and mung bean sprouts.  However, we found these delicious fettuccine-shaped mung bean noodles at the store for a substitute.  Also, as a shortcut (time is of the essence in our kitchen with 3 hungry kids to feed), I used our food processor to slice the onions and carrots.  The kids and adults all loved the recipe.  Definitely putting this on the repeat list.

Ingredients
3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce* see note on soy
2 tablespoons date molasses (use maple syrup in a pinch)
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon sambal oelek (definitely worth searching for this as it is delicious, otherwise I was going to substitute with sriracha)
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium yellow onion, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch slices
1 cup shredded cabbage
1 medium carrot, peeled and cut into matchsticks
12 ounces brown rice noodles or 1 1/2 packages mung bean noodles, precooked and warm


Directions
Combine soy sauce, molasses, tomato paste, sambal oelek, and garlic in small bowl, set aside.

Heat a large skillet over high heat.  Add onion, cabbage and carrot.  Directions say to stir fry for 2-3 minutes adding 1-2 tablespoons of water to keep veggie from sticking.  I had to stir fry for longer to get my onion cooked enough and used veggie broth to keep it from sticking.  Add soy sauce mixture and cook an addition minute.  Add cooked noodles and toss well.  Serve warm.


Note on soy:
Many of my recipes now contain soy and have for months.  The health benefits of whole, non-GMO soybeans are too great to detail here.  Nutritionfacts. org is a good source on health benefits of whole soy.  We actively avoid GMO soybeans and processed soy (e.g., isolated soy protein, etc.).  Once we realized it was the carrageenan (food additive) in our soymilk causing the problems (not soy as the doctor thought) we have been fine consuming non-GMO, minimally processed soy products (e.g., edamame, organic soymilk (just water and soybeans), organic tofu, etc.).