Vegan Values: Noodle Salad with Peanut Mmmm Sauce
I have a soft spot in my heart for Chinese food.
When I was Lulu’s age, my grandmother was a waitress at a local Chinese restaurant. It was literally a hole in the wall–not in the nicest part of town, only about 15 small tables, and the owners, their close relatives and my grandmother were the only employees.
Thirty years later, it’s still in business. And it still has the best Chinese food in town.
Present company excluded, of course.
My mom would bring us in to visit my grandma, and the owners, Sean and Teresa, doted on my brother and me. They’d let us play with the cash register until the insistent buzzing of the error messages drove the customers crazy, and then they’d send us back to my mom with a free pack of gum each from the front counter display.
This was like winning the lottery for my brother and I, who usually had to split a piece of my mom’s highly coveted Wrigley’s gum. Whoever had the honor of tearing the piece of my mom’s gum, the other one got to choose their half, and no matter what I always seemed to wind up with the littlest chunk of rapidly flavorless Doublemint. Jerkface.
But behind the counter, I always got to choose. The whole pack. Just for me. Usually chewed immediately. All five pieces of Juicy Fruit at once.
When my mouth wasn’t full of gum, it was full of cup after cup of Chinese tea, at about a 50/50 ratio with generous pours from the tabletop sugar canister. Sweet tea syrup. My pancreas still aches thinking it.
Or almost as frequently, my mouth was full of the most delicious noodle salad that I may have ever eaten to this day.
Notice I said “to this day.”
To clarify, that means up to, but not including, “this day.”
You see, I also have a soft spot in my heart for peanut sauce.
And this sauce is so indescribably delicious, it’s worthy of the title “Mmmm.”
No offense to Sean and Teresa, but this version is much cheaper than take out and is meat-free. It’s an undeniable vegan value.
Noodle Salad with Peanut Mmmm Sauce
Serves 4
Peanut Mmmm Sauce:
- 1/2 c. light coconut milk
- 1/2 c. fire-roasted tomatoes in juice (i.e. Muir Glen Organic Fire Roasted Tomatoes)
- 1/4 c. natural peanut butter
- 3 T. reduced sodium soy sauce
- juice of 1 lime
- 2 t.. minced ginger
- 1 t. minced garlic
- 1 T. agave or maple syrup or 1 packet of stevia
- sriracha to taste (optional)
Noodle Salad:
- 8 oz. rice noodles
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 2 c. bok choy, chopped
- 2 c. edamame, frozen or fresh
- 1/4 c. fresh cilantro, chopped (optional)
- 1/4 c. peanuts, chopped
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For the sauce, combine coconut milk, tomatoes, peanut butter, soy sauce, lime juice, ginger, garlic, sweetener and sriracha, if using, in a food processor or blender and blend until smooth.
This batch was for the kiddos, so I didn’t add any sriracha, but you can adjust the heat by adding more or less to taste.
Oh yes, you must taste it. Feel free to moan, but do not cut your tongue on the blender blades.
Consider yourself warned.
Meanwhile, prepare rice noodles according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
Coat a large skillet with cooking spray or a spritz of oil and place over medium high heat. Add bell pepper, bok choy and edamame and stir fry until crisp tender, about 4-5 minutes.
Add drained noodles directly to the pan.
And then add the sauce.
Toss to coat.
Serve hot immediately or refrigerate until serving and enjoy cold.
Garnish with cilantro, if desired, and peanuts.
I love these noodles.
The crisp red pepper and bok choy, the nutty edamame and the crunchy peanuts give the dish a great texture, and the sauce…
The sauce I want to drink.
Not only is this dinner delicious, it’s cheap.
$2.14 per serving! We ate ours with some mango slices and had a well-rounded delicious meal for four for about $10.
You know what that means?
Mama can afford her own pack of gum. And I’m not sharing, Jerkface.
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The winner of the Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ball Giveaway is Jyll!
Congrats and happy birthday, Jyll!
A special thanks to the almost birthday girl, Ashley, for designing the new blog header! Maybe I won’t sneak a dough ball out of your package tonight…
And after $86 being placed in the Swear Jar, I’ve managed to revamp The Book page, complete with some pretty incredible endorsements that I’m still giddy about. Check it out!
Oh gosh, this looks WAY too good! I absolutely love peanut sauce. I’ve definitely bookmarked this for the future. Very near future I tell you
Sarah you rock. Peanut noodles are/were/still remain my addiction. I am definitely going to drink this sauce <3
I made a double batch of the sauce so I could put it in my Camelback.
Love the new header!
I honestly didn’t think Mmmm sauce could get any better but peanut butter & coconut milk are definitely 2 good additions!
I hope you try this version and love it!
I’ve been wanting Chinese food and this looks so good. I’ll definitely make it soon!
That sure looks delicious. I might just make that peanut sauce on it’s own.
I would! I’ve been eating it on salads, wraps and a big fat spoon.
That looks fabulousssssss! I love Asian flavors, they’re so tasty. American-Chinese food is one of my favorite foods. Ever.
Have you found coconut aminos yet, Mama Pea? It’s amazing. A staple in my Asian food feasts.
No, admittedly I keep forgetting to look. Tie a string on my finger!
dang that looks good! i’m working on a double batch of mmm sauce. i swear i say “mmm” on my head every time i taste that stuff. can’t wait to try the peanut version.
also, i love the new look of the blog
Thanks, Alli! I bet you’ll like the new sauce too
I love the new header. Very clean and fresh. Just like your laundry, right?
On Mother’s Day my little girl’s preschool class made a video of the kids answering questions about their mom. When they asked the kids what their mother’s favorite food was, my little girl confidently answered ‘Peanut Sauce.’ The girl knows me well. I look forward to trying your version.
Pea Daddy and I folded SIX loads of laundry last night. It was HELL.
Mad props to Pea Daddy who is not only MEATLESS but FOLDS laundry! Can you write me a book on how to get my man to fold laundry??? Forget eat vegan!
Ha ha ha!
LOVE THE NEW LOOK!
Reduced black, no rotating graphics on the header, more crisp…totally adore this look. It’s awesome. Way to go!
And Chinese food. I think it’s mandatory for the best Chinese (or really any type of ethnic cuisine) to be hole in the walls, tucked in the middle of no where, you couldnt find it unless you REALLY tried and those are always the places with the BEST food. And that people will continue to flock to, no matter what. 30 yrs later.
And this new mmm sauce. Peanut sauce infused. Oh lordy me. It looks stellar!!!
I also love the shots of the noodles + green veggies & edamame in the pan…the vibrancy of the green with the white noodles…I could have taken pics of that all day long. That’s just one of those I want to take 117 pics of my dinner types of food composition for me
And I bet the taste is to die for.
And also Doublmint and Juicy Fruit have precisely 4 chews of good flavor before they turn into worthless wads, IMO
Extra is where it’s at!!!
This looks delicious! I’ll have to try it out this week…I also made your dumplings over the weekend and they were increeedible!
Glad you liked them, Emma!
i adore peanut noodle salads…this one sounds absolutely KILLER. please send some ASAP
Loving the new blog look– so you!
I will definitely be making this for the family in the near future– bet they’d love it. Seems super simple and using things right out of my pantry. Thanks for another great, money saving and cruelty- free recipe
Thanks! I hope you do make this…I can’t wait for leftovers tomorrow.
I like the look of the header…but I find it a bit odd that there is a huge ad for steak(!!!) just below the header. On first look, I thought it was part of your header. You might want to do something about that….
I’ve talked to Foodbuzz multiple times about removing the meat ads. Their ads, unfortunately, are what help pay the bills so I can keep blogging. I will contact them again (sigh).
I could *TOTALLY* taste JuicyFruit gum just reading it on the page!
This looks sensational. You could also use the ramen from cheapo ramen packs (omitting the deadly MSG-laced flavor packets). It wouldn’t be gluten-free then but you can often buy 5 packets for 79 cents. I had 1/2 a packet today cooked with vegetable broth and sriracha, drained them and threw a turkey burger (gasp) on top. The noodles soak up just enough of the broth and sriracha to be super tasty.
Love the new header and tabs. Total surprise!
Now THAT would be cheap!
I kind of miss ramen.
I love you. I actually wish that I was NOT going on vacation, so that I could stay home and make the pile of recipeas (most especially this one) that I’m eager to try. AND, I’m actually making tofu for my lunches this week. That’s how bad I’ve got it.
Tofu would be INSANE with this sauce. I know what i’m making for my lunch tomorrow
Have a great vacation!
My vacation is actually visiting family. I just had visions of me making vegan dishes (meaning yours) for them. Now THAT would be the day! (Maybe I’ll try it…)
You should! Just don’t announce it. Just say, I’m making dinner tonight, or I’m making cookies. Don’t use any word that starts with V. Just give them delicious food!
Can I first mention how ridiculously jealous I am of Jyll?
Secondly, congrats on those endorsements! What an honor! Congrats, Mama Pea
Thirdly, this peanut sauce sounds divine. I have an almond butter sauce that I make for pasta. So good. Tomato sauce is overrated.
Fourthly, I’m done. I swear
I’m jealous of Jyll too. I only had one cookie from the batch. I guess I could bake another one.
Thanks about the endorsements! Isa’s came in when I was on the plane to NYC and I was squealing in my seat and had no one to tell mid-air!
This peanuts sauce has tomatoes in it! It’s the best of both worlds!
And now I’m done too.
Oh no you di’nt make a peanut sauce recipe oh my garshhhhh!!! Two days in a row of peanut butter goodness I am in pea-nut heaven!!! I have been trolling my cook books and favorite blogs for a peanut sauce I can make my own and ding ding ding we have a winner (not surprised). I would not use cilantro cause I am one of those weird people who can not stand the stuff. I hate it. I think 1 in 10 does or something like that.
Do you think this would work is a pad thai esque version?
And I’m super jello of Jyll …. hope there is another chance to win your treats soon!!!
xoxo thanks again mama
It’s not super Pad Thai-esque…but (shameless plug), my book does have a KILLER Pad Thai recipe in it. Still, this sauce is so flippin’ good.
Love the new header and your photos are fabulous! I actually reached through my screen to taste the noodles
. Can’t wait to try this on my hater friends. It’s my goal to change minds when it comes to healthy veggie eating and your recipes are helping me do just that!
Bring on the haters!
Being a Jew, I thrive off chineese food during christmas….and the rest of year for that matter.
I guess I just secretly want to be Asian.
Wow, I’ve revealed too much in this comment.
Oy.
Looks amazing! Have you tried growing your own stevia plant? I use a leaf (or even half) in a smoothie and it’s amazing. I have a high powered blender, like you, so it works for me. I’m going to try this recipe with a splenda leaf as well.
One less processed “thing” right?
I have a feeling the kids’ll love this one!
I haven’t grown stevia, but that’s a great idea!
Now I am more than intrigued about stevia plant growing. Would try, thanks for the tip Ali
And Mama Pea, love chinese noodles and this recipe looks so tasty!
Oh Wow! Glad I read this because I had forgotten that I bought a stevia plant on sale and planted it in my garden! I have been focusing more on the 3 rows of kale that I planted! Now I know what is going in my morning smoothie!!
For some reason I love the photo of the peanut sauce in the blender. The final dish looks great too!
Jyll, you are a lucky girl! I was just one letter away…next time!
Yesss, peanut butter sauce is the bomb diggity!!! I love how the header matches the one with the book!!!
Symmetry, my dear Sana. Symmetry
Congratulations on your book and the well deserved positive reviews. I can’t wait to read it. So exciting for you and your family. Your blog is inspiring. I stopped eating meat a few months ago. I love making vegetarian and vegan recipes for my family. Small steps for us. Now if Gigi and Lulu could just teach my little guy to eat vegetables!
Maybe he just needs a good sauce to dip ‘em in!
Thanks for all the sweet comments and support!
Love the post but I have to ask:
What possessed our Mom’s to break a stick of gum in half? My Mother still does it to this day and offers me some sad existence of a teeny tiny bit of gum you have to fish out of the bottom of the pack… Seriously? It might have been better if she took the whole stick out first but if she was by herself, or it was myself and my brother with her she would end up with an “extra half stick” of gum.. so she left the stick in and tore half off.. Thought she was the only one. I would like to add, as an adult now and a Mom- you can have a whole piece as long as it is has no HFCS or artificial ingredients – HA! Oh, and you don’t have to wait til your 12 to get your ears pierced either
Have a great one.
So my mom wasn’t the only one! Good to know. It makes me feel more “normal.”
Ooh it’s definitely about time I made mmmm sauce… both flavours! I have been missing out for way too long!
Love the new header! Also love the idea of a swear box! 
Is a swear box bigger than a swear jar? Maybe I need one of each.
I am glad my hopes were not too high, awesome that it went to a birthday girl. Way to make someone happy. Can you have a giveaway for these noodles? Heh. Two GF days in a row. You’re on fire.
These noodles look great. I admit I love a noodle dish with peanut or even almond butter sauce. With rice or kelp or zucchini noodles. I would probably use peas instead of edamame. In fact your pea sponsor is probably upset you did not work peas into this recipe.
Chris noticed the banner all across the side of the room (I do have a 2 foot screen). We like it. It looks like the book!
Zucchini noodles would be AWESOME! I might through some spiralized beet and carrot in there just to pretty it up a bit. Glad you like the new look!
This.looks.incredible. Great new look, too! All growned up and stuff!
This looks incredibly yum!!!
Me and peanut noodles have a thing for each other, and your recipe looks a lot better than what I make! Thanks! 
I was just shopping in the Health Food store yesterday and saw this freshly made Vegan Peanut Sauce and ALMOST bought it but when I saw the price, I passed. I was so bummed because its all I thought about all night but now I see this and realize that my desire to vegan peanut sauce can be achieved!
You’re amazing!
So happy to fill the gap in your life!
Mmmmm…love cold noodle salads. I still need to make mmmm sauce– now I have two versions that I need to make!
This one is a little easier in terms of number of ingredients, measuring etc. But they are like my children, I love them both equally
This sounds/looks awesome! This will have to be made next week since I already have ingredients waiting to be used for other Mama Pea recipeas.
My ingredient list is pretty predictable, huh? But it makes it pretty easy to stock the pantry!
I think my stomache is growling now. That looks really good.
Mmmm indeed!! I also have a soft spot for Chinese food so this meal is speaking to me right now!! As a kid, I too was a multiple-pieces-of-gum chewer. You know how Bubblicious comes in those block-sized pieces? There was a time when I thought it was cool to chew like, 3 pieces at a time. And don’t even get me started on Bubble Tape!
I used to eat whole packs of Fruit Stripe, given the opportunity. No wonder my mom only gave me half pieces.
ooooh Tosca Reno, nice! love her!
She’s so inspiring!
Pretty new header, Sarah! I love peanut sauce, especially for dipping in summer rolls. You know you’re going to be getting lots of tweets and comments about this!
My mom always made cold noodles, but she used a traditional Chinese sesame paste recipe. I think I could adapt your Mmmm sauce for sesame paste too!
Ooh, that’s a great idea to use this as a dipping sauce for salad rolls. Is it cheating to pick some up from take-out? I have the worst time rolling those babies!
Looks awesome and can’t wait to try! And…. Can’t wait to get your book. Congrats on the endorsements!
Thanks, Marla!
GREAT endorsements!
Congrats, Mama Pea!
Thanks! Definitely some of my favorite authors
This looks incredible, a major upgrade from the Pad Thai I had the other night! I wanted more veggies than typical pad thai offers…can’t wait to try mmm sauce!
Here’s another shameless plug: there’s a great Pad Thai recipe in the book!
Love this recipe and LOVE the new blog look!
Wow, my son is going to love this recipe! He loves Asian flavors and anything with soy sauce in it, I will be making this for sure. I am not big on the soy sauce thing but your salad looks truly delicious, really makes me want to try it!
Ana
Hope he loves it!
TOTALLY making this this week; It seems like it would be a great thing to make a huge bowl of and then take the leftovers to work for lunch! What do you think about using buckwheat noodles instead? I can’t wait to try the sauce! It looks magic!
Yes, buckwheat noodles would work great! I almost used them at the last minute, but wanted to keep the recipe gluten-free. Enjoy!
I’m DYING to make this mmm sauce – it looks so amazing. That whole dish looks pretty delicious actually – perhaps I just make it all!
That’s what I would suggest
I LOVE peanut sauce, and I JUST restocked on my favorite peanut butter. Perfect timing? I think so:-).
Ooh, what’s your favorite peanut butter? Don’t hold out on us!
Nothing fancy (that’s probably why I didn’t mention it.) I’ve tried lots of nuts butters and my absolute favorite remains to be Smuckers Natural.
Smuckers Natural is my favorite too! I love the consistency and prefer it even to Trader Joe’s brand.
Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll try it!
I love the new look – so chic and clean!
Love the new header!
Love the new look! It fits the site well. So well that I didn’t even have to do my usual double take when I arrived. You know, the one where you mindlessly head off to one of your favorite sites, but they’ve redone it and you have to check you’ve arrived at the same place.
Although, Mmmm sauce is a dead giveaway. Can’t wait to try this one. My husband will love you for the Chinese recipe.
Thanks, Alisa! No huge overhaul here, just a little tidying up
Enjoy the sauce!
Wow Brendan Brazier and Isa?! AWESOME!!
I love that your top banner matches the style of your book cover now. The site is showing up funky in my internet explorer page again. Maybe that means more money for the swear jar
The peanut sauce sounds heavenly! I only have full fat coconut milk at home at the moment, so I have a feeling this is going to be extra delicious
Oooooh my goodness, I really need to try this mmmm sauce! It looks fantastic! I think I had a package of rice noodles just waiting to find its soul mate…
I’ve always been a peanut sauce lover! Do most peanut sauces contain a tomato product? Something about peanut butter and coconut milk combined with tomatoes makes my stomach jump a little bit, but this sauce looks too delicious not to make. I still have to make your original Mmmm Sauce that I’ve seen raved about on so many blogs. I have it bookmarked!
No, they don’t traditionally have tomatoes, but I love the flavor they add to this. My African Peanut Stew has peanut butter, coconut milk and tomatoes and that’s one of my favorite recipes! But I understand it sounds a bit wonky. Hope you try it anyway!
Oh i have a serious weakness for peanut sauce. Throw some coconut milk to it and i’m done for. I also think i have almost all of the ingredients you listed, which means dinner is on! Yummmmm. Thanks for sharing.
Let me know how you like it, Beth!
After reading this entry, I think I must read your book now
I love this recipe..and it’s gluten free too..perfection. I cannot wait to try it!
Glad I won you over! You won’t be disappointed (with the book or this recipe!).
LOOKS SO YUMMY! I ama “Mmmming” right now and I haven’t even tried it yet!
I squealed with delight at the end of this post. The whole time I was reading I was thinking…I want to make this. Can I make it fit the budget for next week’s groceries. Then you answered me. I got one meal on the books for next week’s meal plan that’s for sure!
Yay! I can’t wait to hear how you like it!
I just checked my library website and they have your book on order! And they already have holds on it! I am still buying my own copy but thought it was neat to see the library getting it.
They do?! That’s awesome!!! Which library?
Lorain Public Library System
http://www.lorain.lib.oh.us/
As soon as people start checking it out from the library, I just know they will end up buying their own copy!
Ha ha, thanks Carrie!
I make a super similar version and I LOVE IT. Alas, it has A LOT of sriracha in it.
And here I thought I was being so inventive…
This will be made tonight! Nothing is better then a drool worthy recipe I already have all the ingredients for!
I have been wanting to try your highly raved about mmm sauce, but am highly allergic to cashews. Luckily, not allergic to peanuts so I’m excited to give it a go!
Let me know what you think, Carly!
Anything with ‘peanut butter’ and ‘mmmm’ together is clearly a solid win. I bet this could replace the need for chinese food any day…I bet my stomach would enjoy this a lot better too lol
looks soo yummy never had peanut sauce but love peanut butter so I just might have to try it
congrats to the winner on her birthday, winning cookies and becoming a aunt!
can’t wait for your book to come out! wow 86 bucks in the swear jar is that for adult swear words or bad words too
now everytime I look at our pet turtles I can’t get Turd le out of my head LuLu is so cute
I am absolutely a moron when it comes to web design. So linking up all the online retailers on my book page was quite the feat. And quite expensive. Frickin’ frackin’ embedded links.
I love have always loved chineses food but of course most of the american variety isn’t very healthy so this sounds fabulous!
This looks so good! I love that it’s not so expensive to make either.. added bonus.
The new header looks great!
Sounds great! I can’t wait to try out the recipe. I’ve been looking for sriracha sauce for a LONG time, but to no avail. Where do you buy yours?
Just at the regular supermarket. I think Target carries it too. I’ve had this bottle forever!
this recipe looks amazing. i can’t wait to make it for my gluten free, peanut sauce obsessed friend!
ps-i just had you’re single chin brownies as a post workout snack. i drizzled 1/2 tbsp of almond butter on top. ohmygah-SO GOOD.
Almond butter drizzled on brownies? You are genius!
i can see making this recipe raw minus the noodles or with noodles–and i making this soon—easy to scale down for less people or scale up for more
Zucchini noodles would be AWESOME!
of course!!! i have a spiralizer that i use all the time…i had something like this with kelp noodles too–have you tried those?
I have! I’m not a huge fan. The crunchyness kind of turns me off. I like them cooked, though, which kind of defeats the purpose.
My daughter had an allergy scare at a year old and we had to avoid peanuts for the next 3 years…now at 4, she has been given the all clear to eat nuts but after being told for so long “Don’t eat that!!” she is kind of afraid to try unless it’s in a dessert…I think this might be my ticket to bringing it into a healthy main dish! I am so trying this, thank you!
Oh yum! We’re getting organic baby bok choi tonight through our CSA and I couldn’t figure out what to do with it! This looks delicious. Thanks!
Enjoy!!!
The new header looks great! I can’t wait to try this sauce–I live for all things peanut. Mmmmmmm indeed
I’ve been looking for a yummy pnut sauce! This one will do
I didn’t care for rice noodles though (only tried them once, but they were too gummy). But I am sure I can find a good noodle
Oh yes! Use any noodle you like!
SUPER YUMM!! I have a peanut sensitivity but I think this might be just as delicious with sunflower seed butter with sunflower seeds sprinkled on top. I’m putting in my to-make list for the week!
Oh yes, good thinking! Almond would be great too!
Made it last night and it was delicious!!
Yay!!!
This looks incredible! My main squeeze doesn’t like bok choy though. Any good ideas for a substitute?
Sure, how about spinach? Napa cabbage? Broccoli florets?
oh my goodness this sounds delicious! love the addition of coconut milk and tomatoes! mmmm
Oh my yum. I need to make this!
so awesome! I haven’t seen those rice “spaghetti” noodles before. Did you like it better hot or cold?
Hmm…that’s tough. The noodles got a bit gummy when they were cold, but that could be solved by using a different, non-rice noodle. I also needed to add more sauce, because it was slightly absorbed by the noodles. But more sauce wasn’t a problem at all
Mmmm (sauce)! I’m just imagining the flavors and the crunch from the edamame and peanuts and my mouth is watering! Definitely on my menu for next week-the way things are going I’ll be linking one of your recipes in my blog every day!
Sounds good to me! Enjoy!
That mmm sauce looks awesome! This is a must make asap.
OMG that looks amazing. I love the noodle and peanut sauce at the local thai place…guess I can make my own now!!! I don’t like coconut so will probably use almond milk instead.
Just use a little less almond milk because it is thinner than the coconut milk.
Yum! Looks awesome!! I can’t wait to get to the farmer’s market and pick up all the fresh veggies for this recipe!! Cute new title graphics on your site too!! I see it perfectly matches your new cookbook!
Thank you! That was the idea
I love the new header! And, I had friends coming over for dinner tonight and I decided to make this recipe. I’m cooking for a vegan and two meat eaters. I love knowing that they are going to be surprised that they will like and be satisfied by meatless food! I will let you know how much they love it.
Please do let me know! I was obviously pretty excited by it.
That looks absolutely wonderful. Any chance you could figure nutrition info on the peanut sauce by chance?
Thanks!
Just because I love you and I’m curious myself: 2 T. of sauce is 70 calories, 5 g fat, 3.5 g c, 2.5 g protein. That’s using stevia and not agave or maple.
Well Thank you MamaPea! That sure was quick! Now let’s see what else I can ask for since you love me!!!!
I’m a giver
Oh yum, this sounds wonderful. And the blending shot is impressive.
I made this for dinner TONIGHT – it was wonderful!!
Yay! You are first to give feedback. Glad you liked it!
Makes me want to buy the cookbook when it comes out for sure!
You had me at cilantro and peanuts. YUM!
Yee-haw! I love any excuse to eat fire-roasted tomatoes, and this looks like an amazing way to enjoy them
As a very poor graduate student, I appreciate Vegan Values meals!!
I want this sauce now!!!!
I just made this tonight for dinner for my ‘peas’! It was great! Thanks for a tasty and quick recipe – the sauce is delicious. Love your blog
Mmmmmmmm! I love sriracha and I love peanut butter – never thought to combine the two. Leave it to Mama Pea! I’m pretty sure 87% of my bookmarks are your recipeas.
Also, love the new header! So simple and classy. That shade of teal is my favorite color!
Thanks! And I’m honored to be clogging up your bookmarks
I LOVE PEANUT SAUCE TOO! Actually I love anything with peanut butter in it! I will try this later this week for sure!
I am SOOOOOOOOO making this for the 4th of July!!
Yum! This looks so good. I also really love your photography in this post–especially the last couple pictures.
Thank you!
This looks incredible. My mouth was watering as I read through the recipe. I showed Andy and said, “We are making this!” Thank you! And now that I know I have celiac disease, I’ll be wanting to use more rice noodles. This is a perfect excuse.
Hope you had a great trip, Amanda. Missed you guys!
I’ve heard/read so much about your mmm sauce & now I can see why — yum! I will be making this, in large jar fulls
Thanks! Just to be clear, the Mmmm sauce that everyone else has made the last few weeks is this one:
http://peasandthankyou.com/2011/04/12/wannabe-recipea-mmmm-sauce/
Wow… wasn’t sure if I would ever get to the bottom of this comment list
Just made your peanut mmmm sauce on Wednesday and loved it!! I shared the link on my blog because I think everyone needs to try it. Thanks Sarah 
I’m so glad, Lisa. I may like this version of the Mmmm as much as the original!
I haven’t been able to get this recipe out of my mind since I read it several days ago, so I finally made it yesterday. Had to make some substitutions based on what I had, but I shockingly had the bulk of the ingredients already on hand (incluing edamame in my freezer and a fresh bag full of bok choy). I used an orange pepper instead of red, soba noodles instead of rice, didn’t have any Muir Glen tomatoes so I used Rotel with Lime (so hood, yet so good!), and I threw in a general spoonful of white miso paste into the Vitamix in lieu of soy sauce. SO.DARN.GOOD. Thanks for letting me sneak in a vegan meal this week. My family devoured it with a side of fresh blackberries, and even my incredibly finicky 4 year old daughter pronounced it “YUMMY!” Another mealtime hit, thanks to you.
Aww, Neena, that is AWESOME! I’m so happy you liked the meal. Frankly, I’m a little jealous of your fresh blackberries. Yummy indeed!
Have a great weekend!
Which farm are these pictures from?We live in OR, and have been thinking of going to the Farm Sanctuary in Salem. Thanks
The pictures on the farm post are from Bauman Farms in Woodburn.
One thing I really appreciate about this sauce is it’s pretty low in sodium, which I learned this week that I need to reduce in my diet. I just whipped up a batch, and it hits the spot!
So happy to hear it, Sarah!
Just made this for lunch-sooo delicious!! Thanks for the great recipe!
You are welcome, glad you enjoyed it!
I made this tonight and it was AMAZING!!! Loved the sauce!!!
Even my husband who treats meatless meals like they’re automatically second class liked it! He did drop his usual “it’s pretty good for not having meat”, but overall I think that’s his favorite so far.
Do you know where it stands with nutritional value? Trying to work on the bikini body right now and it was probably not the most pealightful – but still soooo good!
I don’t think it’s too shabby at all! I didn’t run the nutritionals, but I still gave it the pealightful tag. One way to make it lighter is to use zucchini noodles for your serving instead of pasta. Glad you and your husband enjoyed!
Thanks for your response! I don’t know I just tried to run the recipe through livestrong and well…it was difficult to convert all the different measuring units and go with what they have in their database. The first time I ran it it said one serving has 1330 calories I was like “whhhhhaaaaat, but hooooow???” Fortunately I found the error and this was the result then:
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 plates
Amount per Serving
Calories 550
Calories from Fat 144.6
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 16.07g
24%
Saturated Fat 3.26g
16%
Cholesterol 0mg
0%
Sodium 889mg
37%
Total Carbohydrate 75.86g
25%
Dietary Fiber 8.1g
32%
Sugars 5.17g
Protein 21.26g
42%
Est. Percent of Calories from:
Fat
27%
Carbs
55%
Protein
15%
It may not be totally accurate, but at least you somewhat know
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Thanks for this great recipe and I love your blog!!! And it makes me love to cook too!
Thanks so much! I appreciate the info and the lovely compliments
Hi Mama Pea! Haven’t posted in awhile but still reading every day. I took your Noodle Salad with Peanut MMM Sauce (cold) to a family function for the 4th. I got lots of compliments from the adults but it was an even bigger hit with the kids.
I heard my niece tell her brother (who was picking around the edamame), “No, really, just eat it all together on your fork – it’s so good you won’t even notice the vegetables and weird green things!!”.
And, my 9 year old cousin told her mom, “Be sure you get THIS recipe!”.
It’s a winner and so easy to put together – thanks!!
“Weird green things!” Love it! I’m so glad you guys all enjoyed it
I made this two nights ago and this is the best version of peanut sauce I have had! I have never blended tomatoes into a peanut sauce before, I think this was key. Thank you for sharing the recipe!
So happy to hear that, Kimberly! Thanks!
Made this tonite, hot, with loads of veggies I had on hand and tofu with soba noodles!
Amazing! The whole family adored it!
I love feedback that includes “the whole family.” Thank you!
so when i went shopping for the ingredients, they were out of edamame (what are the odds), so i substituted lima beans because…i’m not sure why! they sort of look the same, right? anyway it turned out great, limas and all. thanks for another awesome recipe.
Mama Pea, This had to be the best recipea we’ve ever made from your collection of recipeas! The whole family loved it and was asking when I could make it again. The sauce, oh my, I could drink it…..it was so good! This will definitely go in the regular rotation at our house.
I’m so glad. It’s one of my faves too!
Made this last night for dinner! It is AWESOME! I love the flavor that the coconut milk adds to the peanut sauce.
Great! I also love that sauce
I made this dish the other night and it was EXCELLENT. That peanut sauce is absolutely to die for! Thank you for a great recipe!
Happy to hear it, Shari!
Made this tonight & both the husband & I LOVED it.
Your website is where I get all of my recipes. You are saving my vegetarian-ism. 
CANNNNNOOOTTTT WAIT of your BOOK 
I know it will be in my mailbox THIS week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One of my favorite meals EVER. For real.
I could of eaten the entire bowl…but my stomach made me stop. Stupid stomach
SO SO SO good. Mama Pea, you are the best!!!
PS: Still loving being vegetarian.
oh, and sorry about the gazillion smily faces. looks like I was pretty excited when I wrote the comment. haha!
I’m excited that you are so excited! So glad you liked it, Holly. You are a sweetheart!
So I made this for dinner as part of my going vegan for a week. It was so delicious! I couldn’t believe how filling it was either. I often feel hungry in the evenings after dinner and after this meal I didn’t.
My parents really enjoyed it as well. Towards the end of the meal, my dad said “I would definitely be okay with you making this again…..of course you’d probably have to spend another $200 on ingredients” (he likes to make fun of my expensive eating habits). Too which I so proudly responded, “it’s a vegan value meal, it only cost a couple dollars per serving!”
Thanks Mama Pea!!
Love this story! Thanks!
Is it wrong that I’m licking the lid of my blender? Love love love this.
No, Aimee. It’s very, very right. Repeat accordingly.
Just made this for my family– SO GOOD! I’m jealous that my husband gets to take the leftovers to work tomorrow
Thanks a great recipea!
*for a great recipea*
I’ve been thinking about making this all day long, and I finally did – it was so good!! And it will last me all week for lunches. I know I can always depend on your recipeas to be exactly what I’m craving. Thank you, Mama Pea!!
You are welcome…I’m glad you liked the peanut mmmm!
I really did make the peanut mmm sauce. (I mean, I had the food processor out and everything, so…why not?)
You. Are. Killing. Me!
I swear, I am not cyberstalking you! It is the sauce!
Ha ha ha! I love it! I guess I just have a thing for sauces? There is an almond ginger one in the book that might be my all-time fave, though…(and I’m not just saying that–promise).
WOW. I can’t explain how good this sauce was. I never thought I could actually make something so delicious…followed the recipe to a T. AMAZING.
Yay yay yay! You are making me want to make some for dinner.
Made this last night along with the Thai Veggie Burgers from the book and some vegan chocolate pudding for dessert. Best. Meal. Ever. Thanks!
Yay! That sounds like a dream menu!
Hi Mama Pea! I’m all ready to go and make this recipea… quick question- what do I do with the rest of the coconut milk from the can? Can I freeze it for later use or something?? Thanks@
Use it in the Margarita Smoothie from the book
Or freeze it into ice cubes for other smoothies 
I just found your blog and am hooked! My husband keeps asking, “who is mama pea?” Well, I’m sure he will not soon forget because I made this recipe tonight and it was FABulous! Thank you so much for the inspiration. I’ve been trying to be vegetarian and had given up…then I found your blog. No more black beans for dinner nights! Thanks again.
“Who is Mama Pea?” Ha ha ha! If it figures it out, let me know. It is my eternal quest.
Really though, I’m so happy you guys are enjoying the recipes! Welcome.
I had to come back to this post and leave a comment–I made this tonight and it was SO good! I made 3 batches of the sauce…you think that’s enough??
Just made this tonight…AMAZING! Thanks for sharing your passion with all of us- it has truly made me appreciate the art of cooking!
Wonderful! Thanks, Jillian!
I just had to tell you that I absolutely LOVE this recipe. I have made it numerous times and it doesn’t get old. From now on I am making at least a double batch of the sauce and keeping it in my freezer… who needs takeout when this can be ready in 15 min??
Thanks, Bridget. I love that double batch idea.
Made this tonight and added baked tofu cubes! So good, thank you mama!!
Wonderful! Glad you liked it, Christi!