Peanut Butter Spaghetti

Peanut butter for dinner! This Asian-inspired noodle dish is high in protein and healthy fats. Kids just can’t get enough of it. The leftover sauce makes a tasty dipping sauce for chicken or veggie sticks.

Peanut Butter Spaghetti

This Asian-inspired noodle dish is high in protein and healthy fats. 

No ratings yet

Print Recipe

Course Main Course

Cuisine Chinese

Servings 6 cups

Diet Vegetarian

Ingredients

  

1x2x3x

• 12 ounces dry spaghetti
• 1 clove garlic
• ½ cup creamy peanut butter
• ¼ cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons sherry or rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• Shredded carrots and thinly sliced cucumber for serving

Instructions

 

• Cook pasta according to package directions; drain, reserving 1⁄4 cup of the cooking liquid.
• While the pasta is cooking, prepare the sauce.
• Add garlic to food processor and pulse to finely chop.
• Add peanut butter, soy sauce, honey, vinegar, canola and sesame oils; pulse until smooth.
• With the machine running, add reserved cooking liquid through the feed tube.
• Toss 1⁄2 cup of prepared sauce with cooked pasta.
• Serve with carrots and cucumbers on top or on the side.

Notes

Excerpted from First Bites: Superfoods for Babies and Toddlers by Dana Angelo White. © 2015 by Dana Angelo White. A Perigee Book, Penguin Group USA, A Penguin Random House Company.

Nutrition

Calories: 197kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 8gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 230mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gCalcium: 13mgIron: 1.4mg

Keyword pad thai, peanut butter noodles

Tried this recipe?Mention @dana_angelo_white or tag #danawhiterecipes!