DIVINE X Dole Canada
If you are looking for a delicious, healthy meal that is so easy to make that even your kids can help, look no further. Chef Cory Vitiello teamed up with Dole Canada to prepare simple snack and meal ideas using Dole products. The Soba Noodle and Mandarin Orange Bowl brings your favourite Asian flavours together. The star ingredient is Dole Mandarin Oranges. If you buy egg-free soba noodles, it’s also vegan. It’s the perfect dish for Meatless Mondays.
Buy shredded carrots and cabbage so that your little one can get involved in meal prep. They can help by measuring out the ingredients while you boil the soba noodles and cut the rest of the vegetables. The dish will be ready in no time so that you can spend less time cooking and more time together as a family.
Serves: 6
Special Equipment: Medium pot for boiling soba noodles
Ingredients:
8oz soba noodles
1 cup strained Dole Mandarin Oranges (save the runoff juice for the dressing)
1 cup shredded red cabbage
½ cup shredded carrots
¼ cup sliced radish
2 cups washed baby spinach
Dressing:
2 tbsp sesame oil
2 tbsp soy sauce
Juice from mandarin oranges
Juice of 1 lemon
Large pinch of salt
Garnish:
2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
2 tbsp sliced green onion
1 avocado cut into wedges
6 sprigs fresh cilantro (optional)
Method:
Drop the soba noodles into boiling, salted water and cook for approximately 5 minutes or until just tender, taking care not to overcook them. Strain the noodles and immediately rinse thoroughly in cold running water. Set aside in strainer until ready to use.
Whisk the dressing ingredients together in a large mixing bowl, add the soba noodles and toss until coated. Mix in the carrots, cabbage, Mandarin orange slices, radish and spinach.
Transfer into a large serving bowl and garnish with the sliced avocado, cilantro, green onion and sesame seeds.
