Tofu/Soba Stirfry

EXTRA FIRM tofu

soba/buckwheat noodles

Broccoli

Green beans (if we've got em)

mushrooms

peanut butter

soy sauce

honey

Worcestershire sauce

red pepper flakes

Brown Rice

Baked Pears with Honey and Ginger

• Nonstick vegetable oil spray
• 8 firm but ripe Bartlett pears, peeled, halved, cored
• 1 cup packed golden brown sugar
• 3 teaspoons ground ginger
• 6 tablespoons honey
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
• 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter

• 1 quart vanilla frozen yogurt
• Fresh mint sprigs (optional)
• Lemon peel strips (optional)

Spicy Curry Noodle Soup with Chicken and Sweet Potato

Lauren: this recipe calls for a lot of ingredients, so if you can't get all of them, no worries. But it looks really yummy and I want to attempt a pass at it!

• 8 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 12 tablespoons chopped shallots
• 12 garlic cloves, chopped
• 8 tablespoons minced lemongrass* (from bottom 4 inches of about 3 stalks, tough outer leaves discarded)
• 8 tablespoons minced peeled fresh ginger
• 8 tablespoons Thai yellow curry paste*
• 8 tablespoons curry powder
• 4 teaspoon hot chili paste (such as sambal oelek)*
• 8 13.5- to 14-ounce cans unsweetened coconut milk,* divided
• 20 cups low-salt chicken broth (or veggie broth should be fine)
• 10 tablespoons fish sauce (such as nam pla or nuoc nam)*
• 8 teaspoons sugar
• 12 cups snow peas, trimmed
• 8 cups 1/2-inch cubes peeled red-skinned sweet potato (yam; from about 1 large)
• 4 pound dried rice vermicelli noodles or rice stick noodles*
• 3 pound skinless boneless chicken thighs, thinly sliced
• 2cup thinly sliced red onion
• 1 cup thinly sliced green onions
• 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 12 red Thai bird chiles or 2 red jalapeño chiles, thinly sliced with seeds
• 4 lime, cut into 6 wedges