Cilantro Sesame Noodles with Snow Peas and Shrimp

A good noodle is one that satisfies hot and cold, dressed up or down, and embraces meat, fish, fowl, or greens. This dish scores on all fronts. Bonus: it all comes together in the time it takes to boil water and cook linguini.

The simple premise:

Noodles + dressing + greens + protein = dinner

I've made this dish with chicken, tofu, sausage, or simply vegetables.

Ingredients:

chives

cilantro

jalapeños

tahini

brown rice vinegar

sesame oil

honey

tamari

linguine

snow peas

shrimp

Step 1.

Boil water for linguini noodles. Meanwhile,

Step 2.

To make sauce, mix equal parts tahini (or peanut butter), brown rice vinegar, and sesame oil. Add tamari and honey to taste.

Step 3.

Rinse chives and cilantro.

Chop herbs and jalapeños finely.

Step 4.

Blanche snow peas.

Step 5.

Cook shrimp in hot skillet with sesame oil for 2-3 minutes.

Step 6.

Toss everything together. Serve on a bed of bok choy leaves.

Delicious hot for dinner tonight.

And chilled for lunch tomorrow.