Asia Bowl with Asparagus

I’m fully embracing the asparagus season and thought why not prepare and serve this lovely vegetable in a Bowl. 

Who doesn’t love bowls? They give us all the energy and nutrients we need for a day! 

fresh and crisp vegetables, tasty soba noodles and an amazingly tasty dressing makes this asian inspired asparagus bowl so fun to eat! here in Germany we are experiencing a kind of strange spring.. some days feel more like we’re back in February. 

But hey! This lovely rainbow bowl is going to make you feel like it’s summer already!

Ingredients:

• 500 g green asparagus

• 100 g soba noodles

• 1 carrot

• 1/2 bell bell pepper

• 1/2 zucchini

• 1 avocado

• 1 green onion

Dressing:

2 tablespoons tahini

• 1 garlic 

• 1 tbsp soy sauce 

• 1 tbsp maple syrup 

• 1 tbsp rice vinegar

• 1 tbsp sunflower oil or oil of your choice

• 1 tsp black sesame seeds 

How to:

1. Peel the green asparagus and cut off the woody ends, then cut into thirds. Then cut the carrot into small sticks and the zucchini into spirals. 

2. Cut the avocado and the bell pepper into strips, quarter the lime.

3. Cut the green onion into fine rings. 

4. Sauté the asparagus in olive oil for 10-12 min and season with salt and pepper. 

5. In the meantime, put the water on for the soba noodles and cook them in the boiling water for 4 min and then drain them (Stir with a little olive or sesame oil in the pot, this will prevent the noodles from sticking together).

6. Sauté half of the green onion along with the zucchini and carrot for about 3-5 min and season with salt and pepper as well.

7. For the tahini dressing, chop the garlic into very fine pieces and mix well the tahini paste, garlic, soy sauce, maple syrup, sunflower oil, black sesame seeds and rice vinegar. 

8. Arrange all the ingredients in a bowl, add the other half of the green onion fresh over the bowl and pour the dressing over it.

9. Enjoy! 😊