I adore the quick-and-easy dinner ideas featured monthly in Real Simple magazine. They are just that: really simple to make, but they always include lots of flavor and fresh, healthy ingredients. For this Asian-inspired noodle dish you toss buckwheat soba noodles (which take 3 minutes to cook by the way…) with a mixture of thinly sliced snow peas, carrots, rice wine vinegar and sesame oil.  All of those lend a nice crunch to the pasta, and for added flavor (and more crunch!) in comes sliced scallions and salty roasted peanuts.  For a healthy protein, you flake seared salmon into  the mix before serving.  I like serving this dish with a squeeze of Sriracha sauce and of course, chop sticks.

(To view this recipe, click on the following link: http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/seared-salmon-noodles-scallions)

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