Sesame Thai Noodles with Vegetables

• This is a great quick vegetarian dinner ready to go from start to finish in 20 minutes.  Pre-cut all your vegetables, then while you cook the pasta mix sauce.  My family loved this.  For those that like extra heat, you can garnish with red pepper.
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• Cook pasta according to directions:
• 12-14 ounces spaghetti, linguine, or angel hair pasta
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• Sauce (Make while pasta is cooking)
• 2 TBS  sesame seeds
• 1/4 cup chunky peanut butter
• 2 medium cloves garlic , minced or pressed through garlic press
• 1 TBS minced fresh ginger (don't settle for dried!  This is a critical ingredient!)
• 5 TBS soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon Sriracha sauce (or Tabasco)
• 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
• 2 TBS toasted sesame oil
• 1 tsp salt
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While pasta drains, toss the following into pasta pan and stir fry for 3 minutes on high:

• 4 green onions, sliced thin on diagonal
• 1 cup shredded carrots
• 1 red, yellow, or orange bell pepper sliced into strips
• 1 c. pea pods (whole or cut in half)
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• Add cooked pasta to pan.  Stir in Sauce and add:
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• sesame seeds for garnish
• chopped peanuts for garnish (optional)