Healthy Pad Thai

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Life in XXL

2 tbsp Natural Creamy Peanut Butter

2 tbsp Gluten Free Tamari/Soy Sauce

2 tbsp Water

2-4 tsp of Red Pepper Flakes and/or Chili Garlic Sauce

1 tbsp garlic

3 tbsp Fish Sauce 

1 tbsp grated ginger

1 of each Carrot, Yellow Squash, and Zucchini julienned (matchsticks, thinner the better)

1/3 of head of cabbage, thinly sliced

3 green onions (1/2 for garnish)

2 eggs

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, thinly sliced

12 medium to large shrimp, peeled and deveined

2 tbsp of sweetener (I used agave, Rachel Ray's recipe called for 2 tbsp of packed brown sugar, but you could use whatever low glycemic sweetener you prefer)

2 tbsp cider vinegar

Mung bean sprouts (1/2 for garnish)

Lime wedges (for garnish)

Chopped peanuts (for garnish)

2-3 tbsp of oil of your choice.  (You could use sesame oil, olive oil, coconut oil)

Chop all vegetables, slice chicken, and peel shrimp.  Put all the vegetables into one bowl and all of the meat in another.  I saved half of the sprouts, half the green onions for garnish, and put the other half in the veggies bowl.

First, I toasted the peanuts in the pan for a few minutes (optional).  I put those in a bowl and set them aside.  The recipe said to either use a wok or a big pan (I used a cast iron pan because it gets hotter and is less toxic). Next, I heated some of the oil and scrambled the two eggs and set those aside in another small bowl.

For the sauce, mix together tamari/soy sauce, water, fish sauce, chili pepper flakes/chili garlic sauce and peanut butter.  Set aside.

In the same large pan, heat the remaining oil and add the garlic and ginger and 1/2 of the green onions.  Saute for 1 minute or so and then add meat.  


At this point you can add the vegetables and meat together.

Once meat and veggies are cooked to your liking, add the sauce, sweetener, and cider vinegar, stir to coat and cook for about a minute or so.

Top with scrambled egg, sprouts, green onions, peanuts, lime wedges and toasted peanuts!

P.S. This was more than enough for two people, but we managed to put it all down.