My Vegan Cooking Experience: Indonesian Peanut Sauce

I absolutely love peanut butter and there is no greater dish to eat (in my opinion) then this peanut sauce and pasta. I got the original recipe for this dish from Vegetarian Times at http://www.vegetariantimes.com/recipes/10942?section= . But as I do with most recipes, I changed it to the below recipe. I do not like spicy food much so I did not include the red pepper flakes but you can of course put those in. I also increased the amount of peanut butter because I like it a but thicker and more of a peanut butter flavor. You can put this sauce on any pasta. I am going to try it on Spaghetti Squash this week to see how that is. You can add any veggies, tofu, and nuts to this as well. The picture above I added broccoli and carrots. I usually add cashews or peanuts, but I did not have any so I couldn't with this one.

Vegan Indonesian Peanut Sauce

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon olive oil
2 shallots
1 garlic glove
3/4 cup smooth peanut butter
1 tablespoon Tamari (vegan soy sauce)
1/2 coconut milk
2 teaspoon brown sugar
2 teaspoon lime juice
1/2 cup water

Heat the oil in a small saucepan over low-medium heat. Mince the shallots and add to the oil. Saute until tender. Mince the garlic and add to the shallots and saute for about a minute. Add the rest of the ingredients, whisking until smooth. Let cook until just begins to boil. Turn heat down and simmer for 3 minutes.

Pour over pasta of your choice and cooked veggies.

In case you do not know what Tamari is, I have pasted a photo below. You can get it in the ethnic aisle in most grocery stores. I got mine at Hannafords.