Veggie Pad Thai

Pad Thai, but make it clean and nutritious. 

I loveeee a good Pad Thai dish, but a lot of restaurants cook Pad Thai in low-quality oils that upset my stomach. Enter this Veggie Pad Thai recipe. Swap regular noodles for half brown rice noodles and half spiralized zucchini and carrots. It’s a sneaky way to add more veggies into your day and the flavor of this dish is soooo yummy. If you’re looking for more protein, tofu would go great in this dish. For the meat-eaters out there, it’s simple to add your meat of choice too! 

Ingredients
Serves 2
For the Pad Thai

• 2 zucchini 
• 4 large carrots
• 1/2 box of brown rice Pad Thai noodles
• 1 small crown of broccoli 
• 1/2 red bell pepper
• 1/2 orange bell pepper
• 1 c multi-colored cherry tomatoes
• Green onion, to taste
• Fresh basil, to taste
• Sea salt & black pepper, to taste
• 1-2 tbs avocado oil

For the Peanut Sauce

• 1/2 c peanut butter
• Juice of 1/2 -1 full lime
• 2 tbs soy sauce
• 1-2 tsp pure maple syrup 

Directions 

1. Blend or vigorously mix the peanut sauce ingredients until smooth. Set aside.
2. Chop the bell peppers, broccoli, tomatoes and green onion. Set the tomatoes and green onion aside. 
3. Spiralize the zucchini and carrots. Set aside.
4. Sautee the bell peppers and broccoli over medium-low heat in avocado oil. When they begin to soften, add the spiralized zucchini and carrots.
5. While the veggies are cooking, boil water for the Pad Thai noodles. Once the water is boiling, add the noodles and reduce the heat to medium-high.
6. Cook the veggies for just a few minutes so that they are warm. Be careful not to leave them on the stovetop too long, or the zucchini will get soggy.
7. Toss the halved tomatoes into the frying pan with the veggies for just a minute or two.
8. Remove the veggies from heat and drain the Pad Thai noodles.
9. Add the veggies and noodles to a bowl. Pour the peanut sauce overtop and stir to coat.
10. Top your bowl with chopped green onion, fresh basil, salt and black pepper, to taste.
11. Enjoy! 

I hope you enjoyed this Veggie Pad Thai! Let me know in the comments or on Instagram @haven_quinlan if you made any additions or substitutions. I love to see what you do with HxH recipes!