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Well, last time I posted I was talking about having hectic Monday and it turns out that hectic did not even begin to cover it! I wanted to impress my husband that night by making a new recipe - Sesame noodles. While I was cutting up the onion, apparently I was going to fast because I ended up almost cutting the tip of my ring finger off. So instead of getting a nice dinner when Scott got home…he got to take me to the ER so I could get stitches!

I did make the Sesame noodles the next night…but I left the onions out!! lol I will say that the recipe was actually really great and took less than 25 minutes to make. Here is the recipe:

Lighter Sesame Noodles
(found on page 32 of Everyday Food - issue 52)

Ingredients:
- coarse salt
- 12 ounces whole-wheat spaghetti
- 1 bunch broccoli, cut into florets
- 2 red bell peppers - thinly sliced
- 1 large onion (NOT)…lol
- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons dark-brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes

1. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook spaghetti 3 minutes less than al dente. Add broccoli, bell peppers, and onion. Cook until pasta is al dente and vegetables are tender, 3 minutes more. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta water; drain pasta and veggies.

2. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together peanut butter, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, oil, garlic, and red-pepper flakes. Add hot pasta and vegetables; toss to coat, thinning sauce with a little pasta water, if necessary. Serve at room temperature or chilled.

*NOTE: I doubled all of the sauce ingredients because I always like more sauce than not enough and I thought after doubling it - it was perfect!

I don’t normally like things like this, but I thought it was excellent and Scott loved it!

So summer is almost over now - both the kids start school on Monday and they are so excited!! Here are some of my favorite shots from this summer.

Here’s to the end of another summer…and looking forward to my favorite season - FALL!

Happy Creating!
April

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