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Shaved Purple Asparagus & Asian Vegetable Soba Noodles

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A beautiful shaved purple asparagus and Asian vegetable soba noodle recipe that’s gluten-free and vegan. Elegance and freshness in a bowl makes the perfect healthy dinner or lunch.

Shaved Purple Asparagus & Asian Vegetable Soba Noodles | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 A beautiful shaved purple asparagus and Asian vegetable soba noodle recipe that's gluten-free and vegan. Elegance and freshness in a bowl makes the perfect healthy dinner or lunch.

Spring produce = delicious joy! I’m so excited to finally share this recipe with you! I made it last year and then time got away and it was no longer prime asparagus season. When that happens, it just never seemed to be the “right” time to post this. You need the most fresh, beautiful veggies for a dish like this!

Shaved Purple Asparagus & Asian Vegetable Soba Noodles | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 A beautiful shaved purple asparagus and Asian vegetable soba noodle recipe that's gluten-free and vegan. Elegance and freshness in a bowl makes the perfect healthy dinner or lunch.

Now, nice and early, you’ll have ample time to gather the most fresh, delicious asparagus and Asian vegetables for this dish (prime season is late February to July)! Asparagus is such a wonderful and health-packed veggie. It’s anti-inflammatory, good for digestion, fiber packed, good for the heart and blood sugar regulation, as well as its anti-cancer properties. Now I only wish asparagus loved me as much as I love it. I have to majorly regulate my consumption just like mushrooms now. So I want you to eat it in abundance for me, okay?

Shaved Purple Asparagus & Asian Vegetable Soba Noodles | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 A beautiful shaved purple asparagus and Asian vegetable soba noodle recipe that's gluten-free and vegan. Elegance and freshness in a bowl makes the perfect healthy dinner or lunch.

This isn’t just your run of the mill green asparagus either; it’s PURPLE! I believe this bunch came from the ever great purple people of Frieda’s. Along with its fun color (your food should always be colorful!), it has a much more sweet and semi-nutty taste than normal green asparagus. That’s exactly why it’s the perfect Spring produce to add to a healthy plant-based dish like this! Along with sweet white corn, bok choy, scallion, and some killer sweet potato buckwheat soba noodles (more purplish color!), you’ve got a happy fresh bowl!

Shaved Purple Asparagus & Asian Vegetable Soba Noodles | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 A beautiful shaved purple asparagus and Asian vegetable soba noodle recipe that's gluten-free and vegan. Elegance and freshness in a bowl makes the perfect healthy dinner or lunch.

Now, with the Spring season (hopefully staying with us from now on), fresh meals full of tons of veggies just seems right! I may be one of the first people to overdose on veggies. I eat a lot, I mean A LOT! The amount I go through, all by myself, it’s…GOOD! It’s also expensive and I don’t even by organic (only sometimes)! But like I said, I also don’t waste. I buy what I know I’ll get through and if I end up with extra, I’ll throw that in to a small veggie steam, bake it into something, or make some burgers or hummus!

Shaved Purple Asparagus & Asian Vegetable Soba Noodles | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 A beautiful shaved purple asparagus and Asian vegetable soba noodle recipe that's gluten-free and vegan. Elegance and freshness in a bowl makes the perfect healthy dinner or lunch.

Veggies just make you feel good and I can never get enough. Even growing up, I was the little first grader bringing brussels sprouts for snack and enjoyed every bite! Veggies do make you live longer…so just eat them…a lot of them…every day! Make this veggie girl proud and branch out to try the odd balls too! Purple asparagus? Better pick that bunch up!

Shaved Purple Asparagus & Asian Vegetable Soba Noodles

Shaved Purple Asparagus & Asian Vegetable Soba Noodles | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 A beautiful shaved purple asparagus and Asian vegetable soba noodle recipe that's gluten-free and vegan. Elegance and freshness in a bowl makes the perfect healthy dinner or lunch.

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Shaved Purple Asparagus & Asian Vegetable Soba Noodles

A beautiful shaved purple asparagus and Asian vegetable soba noodle recipe that’s gluten-free and vegan. Elegance and freshness in a bowl makes the perfect healthy dinner or lunch.

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Instructions

  1. Cooked soba noodle according to directions, drain and rinse.
  2. In a large saute pan, combine the soba noodles and all other ingredients, mix. Cover the pan and cook for 5 minutes over medium heat.
  3. Serve hot or cold!

Notes

Use a vegetable peeling to make shaved strands. You can also use green asparagus if you can’t find purple!

Shaved Purple Asparagus & Asian Vegetable Soba Noodles | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 A beautiful shaved purple asparagus and Asian vegetable soba noodle recipe that's gluten-free and vegan. Elegance and freshness in a bowl makes the perfect healthy dinner or lunch.

Simple and quick for any weeknight too! A healthy pasta dish amped up with seasonal veggies has got to make you feel fresh! Totally eat this with chop sticks! I love eating thins with chop sticks! I’m pretty good too! But the end of the meal when there is only a bit of food left and the sticks just don’t cut it, I usually end up grabbing a fork. Nonetheless, the more you eat the chop sticks, the better you get! Plus eating from a bowl and with chop sticks just makes the meal that much more fun and delicious!

So tell me:

+ Are you an asparagus fan? Green, purple, or white? The white is fun too! I feel like I’m eating mutant veggies though!

+ Do you like eating with chop sticks?

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Comments

  1. Emma says

    Just wondering if the asparagus and bok choy are cooked? Nothing is mentioned other than cooking the noodles. Thanks

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Please read the directions…they say “2. In a large saute pan, combine the soba noodles and all other ingredients, mix. Cover the pan and cook for 5 minutes over medium heat.”

      Reply

  2. Jan says

    Yum! that is all I have to say! Ok, just a few more things… i am so glad you shared this!
    I always look forward to your posts!
    Jan

    Reply

  4. Nikki Frank-Hamilton says

    This recipe is obviously a hit! LOL Thought I’d never get to the comment box! Lots of people like me, looking for great recipes that are good for us! I have been looking for soba noodles and the stores I usually shop at don’t have them, time to go further afield, this looks so good.

    I have never seen purple asparagus, but I’m going to look for it too. We eat an enormous amount of veggies too, with our vegetarian and gluten free diets veggies work for all of us. Saved this recipe, want to come back to it again and again!

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  7. kimmythevegan says

    The title alone got me all excited! What a gorgeous bowl. I love how pretty it is – it totally showcases all of the great in season produce. And I find cooking purple asparagus turns it grey and eating it raw is too tough – I like the idea of shaving it, keeping it’s colour but it’s not hard to digest.
    Nice!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      I know! I wish colorful foods kept their vibrant color no matter what you did to them! Haha!

      Reply

  11. Kathryn @ Family Food on the Table says

    Wasn’t as a kid but I’m the total odd ball now, piling my plate FULL of veggies every chance I get… amazing how eating fresh and healthy can make you feel so good and make you crave more and more of the good-for-you stuff 🙂 Like this beautiful veggie bowl… love the fresh spring flavors here and the amazing colors, too!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Yes! The more very veggies you eat, the more you crave and NEED them more to fully satisfy you!

      Thank you, my friend!!

      Reply

  13. Marla says

    Hi Rebecca,
    What a great recipes. Sounds so healthy and tasty. Never realized there was a purple version of asparagus – will have to try that. Pinned & tweeted!

    Reply

  22. Miss Polkadot says

    Shaved asparagus, you’re saying? That’s a new method for sure and your pasta looks great. I grew up eating [and not enjoying] the white variety since that’s the standard around here. I was so glad to discover green one a few years ago. Can’t wait for the season to begin!

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      • Miss Polkadot says

        Actually, I wish green was. The white can be rather “woody”/hard and have that annoying stick-in-your-teeth consistency. When I was a child my mum would give me some of the soft “heads” only – good times ;).

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  26. Lynn says

    Rebecca, add this to the list of your delicious recipes I have pinned to my board. Love everything about this recipes and am so anxious to make it soon. And while I’m very familiar with Soba noodles, the sweet potato spin on them is great on a number of fronts…not the least of which being that I could sneak some veggies into my otherwise veggie-averse 16-year old son.
    Thanks for the recipe.
    Hugs, Lynn

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  29. Mel@avirtualvegan.com says

    I have never seen sweet potato soba noodles. I know I would love them though. It looks totally delicious…except for the sesame seeds…I have a weird thing about black sesame seeds…They look like ants! lol I would totally eat it minus the little sesame critters though ;O)

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  33. Sophia @Veggies dont bite says

    Dying! This looks so good. I swear I thought I commented but I guess not. I love everything about this. I am obsessed with asparagus right now, using it in so much!! And I love shaving it too. So fun and so good. Looks amazing!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Shaving it is the best!!! It’s pretty and delish!! If only asparagus was thick enough to spirlaize! Hahaha!

      Reply

  35. Jenn says

    I could eat asparagus every day! It is SO good! I look forward to the spring all year for the asparagus alone (and, the warmer weather, but the asparagus!!!). Love that you used the pretty purple kind! This dish looks like a winner!

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  36. neil@neilshealthymeals.com says

    This is exactly the kind of thing that I like to take to work for my lunch!

    Thanks for this recipe Rebecca. And I couldn’t agree more with you on the veggie front. We must eat lots, and I’ll happily eat more asparagus for you too. (Sorry you have to regulate your intake of this and mushrooms.)

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  42. Linda @ Veganosity says

    Asparagus and mushrooms are two of my favorite foods. I actually have most of the ingredients for this dish in my kitchen. I just may have to make this tonight because it’s making me drool. 🙂

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  45. Kelly says

    I’ve never seen sweet potato soba noodles, but will definitely look now since the recipe looks fabulous. I love sesame and Asian flavors so this is my kind of recipe!

    Reply

    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Normally they are WHEAT, period! Hahaha! So these are the ultimate celiac dream 😉

      Reply

  52. Natalie | Feasting on Fruit says

    You have a real knack for plating asian dishes, especially of the noodle variety. This is beautiful! I actually had noodles last night, which is a rare thing for me, but they weren’t this pretty or this veggie loaded. But see now I’m torn on the purple asparagus thing. Because I’m not really a fan of asparagus…but I’m a huge fan of purple foods…so that puts me in a confused spot :/ If ever I find some I’ll try this and get back to you 🙂

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Oo yes! Give it a try! It tastes different than green, but I bet you would really like white asparagus! I think that one tastes the best!

      Reply

  55. Sarah says

    I love this! Asparagus pasta must be in the air because I was craving it for weeks! Got home after being gone for over 2 weeks and the first thing I made (other than my muesli) was a asparagus pasta! I love the addition of cabbage and sesame seeds for flavor and texture! Happy Meatless Monday!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Just asparagus in pasta, haha! Not asparagus pasta! And no cabbage…are you reading right today?

      Reply

  57. The Vegan 8 says

    So many amazing flavors all in one dish! I LOVE asparagus but I don’t really buy it anymore since the hubby can’t have it (gout) so I miss it, but this looks delicious!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Right when I walk in the door at the grocery now it’s ALL asparagus!! but I always avert my eyes since I really can’t eat it now either 🙁

      Reply

    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Aren;t they awesome!!!! I had a hard time finding them, I usually only see pure buckwheat, but the sweet potato too sounded just too good! xoxo

      Reply

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