Tag: spiralizer

Garlic Scape Sweet Potato Pakoras or Fritters (Vegan)

Garlic Scape Sweet Potato Pakoras or Fritters (Vegan)

Inspired by the looping curls of garlic scapes, these garlic scape and sweet potato pakoras are the whimsical vegan fritters that will brighten even the most dull of our 2020 COVID days. Inside the crunchy edges of these fritters are soft sweet potatoes, bits of 

Spiralized Radish Thai Noodle Salad (Yum Woon Sen)

Spiralized Radish Thai Noodle Salad (Yum Woon Sen)

Yum woon sen is a classic Thai dish- a quick noodle salad, traditionally made with bean thread noodles (also called glass noodles) and tossed with other ingredients in a fairly simple sauce. The sauce is salty, a little sweet and spicy. but primarily sour from the fresh lime juice- like all Thai food it puts everyone of your taste buds to work. I made this recipe for the first time when I was pondering the best recipe to try with my new spiralizer I had been given for Christmas (thanks Lurena!). I was actually looking at some turnips I had when a memory hit me- thin noodles, bright sauce, cold, snappy vegetables and rich, nutty peanuts. I spiralized my turnips, whipped up a salad and it was delicious. There was only one thing I wanted to improve- the turnips. Turnips have a slightly sweet and earthy flavor but they weren’t as well suited to this dish as their cousin, the radish, was. The second time I switched out the turnip for the radish, and I was 100% sold.