Thai Zucchini Noodle Salad in a Mason Jar with Spicy Peanut Sauce

I absolutely love Thai food.  It is a weakness of mine.  I love the flavor combos of the peanuts, lime, and cilantro.  I was supposed to enjoy some awesome Pad Thai recently but plans changed and I didn't get to.  While I was incredibly disappointed, I knew I would end up making a healthier meal choice by eating at home.  I recently got a vegetable spiralizer from Amazon, so I wanted to see if I could make a spiralized zucchini noodle dish that had some of the Thai flavors I love.

I wanted to bring this for lunch so I decided to try mason jars while I was at it.  Why not?  So on a Sunday morning I got started preparing everything so I would have my lunch for the week.  The end result was a delicious cool and crisp meal that had many of the traditional Thai flavors.  I hope you enjoy this as much as I do!  Now I just need it to warm up a bit since this would be the perfect lunch on a nice summer day.

The sauce may thicken in the jar, but I promise you as soon as you mix everything together it will be the perfect consistency.  I had so many people eyeing my lunch while enjoying this at the office recently!

Thai Zucchini Noodle Salad

For this recipe, I will use approximations as you can really adjust to your taste and add more of whatever ingredients you enjoy!  The sauce recipe is enough for about 4 jars. 

For the Salad:

Red pepper: ~1/4 cup per jar

Carrots, shredded: ~1 small per jar

Green onions, chopped: ~1 per jar

Red Cabbage, chopped:  ~1/2 cup per jar

Zucchini, spiraled: 1 per mason jar

cilantro, chopped (optional) 

Spicy Peanut Sauce:

1/4 cup (heaping) almond butter (can sub peanut butter)

2 Tablespoons Tamari (or soy)

Juice from 1 lime

2 Tablespoons honey

2 Tablespoons toasted sesame oil

3 Tablespoons rice vinegar

1 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste

Directions:

• Prepare sauce by putting all ingredients in a food processor (I use my Nutri Ninja Pro)
• Spoon about 2 tablespoons of sauce in each jar (or split evenly among 4)
• Layer: red pepper, carrots, green onion, red cabbage in each jar
• Next add one spriralized zucchini for each jar
• Top with cilantro
• Flip over a few minutes before you plan to eat
• Pour into bowl, mix and enjoy!

Tip:  I would recommend tearing "noodles" after every few inches or so, so you don't have incredibly long noodles!

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