Meatless Monday with Raw Asian Noodle Salad

Hello and welcome (back) to the blog and thank you for joining us for another Meatless Monday.  Miratel Solutions took the Meatless Monday pledge as part of our CSR business initiatives in support of reducing meat consumption by 15% to improve personal health and the health of the planet. You can learn more about the positive impact of giving up meat just one day per week at meatlessmonday.com.

Last week we featured a raw vegan recipe for Meatless Monday and we’re going to follow it up with another this week. A raw – or live – vegan diet is based on uncooked plant-based food that is not heated above 118f so the natural enzymes are preserved. If you are even considering giving raw a try, the summer is the best time to do that. Vegetables are in abundance and are at their peak of flavor – especially zucchini which is featured in today’s recipe which comes to us courtesy of Innocent Cooking blog.

Ingredients

• 1 zucchini, julienned
• 1/2 red bell pepper, sliced thinly 
• handful of sprouts of some sort (I used the ones typical in Asian stir fries)
• 1 tsp fresh chopped ginger
• 1/2 hot chili pepper, minced (or to taste)
• 1/3 an onion, thinly sliced and marinated in some soy sauce for 5 minutes to soften (in separate bowl)
• a handful of fresh cilantro, minced 
• (optional) a handful of fresh basil, minced
• 1-2 tbsp sesame oil
• 3-4 tbsp soy sauce
• (optional) a couple of chopped almonds to garnish

Raw Asian Noodle Salad image courtesy of Innocent Cooking blog

Directions
Place your julienned zucchini noodles in a bowl. Chop up all your veg and add to noodles. Add the oil and soy sauce and toss with salad. Let this sit for a couple of minutes and it will soften the noodles and veg. Add in the onions. Next top with fresh herbs. Chop a couple of almonds and sprinkle over the top of the salad to give it some crunch.

This recipe yields 2 portions. Ideally you should use a julienne slicer to cut the zucchini (you should be able to pick one up for under $10.00) but you can also use a mandoline or knife – you just won’t get the exact desired result. Zucchini has a natural starchiness to it so it makes a perfect raw substitute for traditional noodle or pasta dishes.

If you haven’t already, we encourage you to join us in taking the Meatless Monday pledge today. Spread the word at home and at work to promote CSR business initiatives and make your green call centre, office, factory, shop or salon even greener.

Our thanks to Innocent Cooking for this great recipe and beautiful photo.

Enjoy!

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