Soba with roasted Brussels sprouts, mushrooms and maple-soy sauce caramel from Linger - Salads, Sweets, and Stories to Savor (page 269) by Hetty Lui McKinnon

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Serves : 4-6
EYB Comments

Can substitute rice noodles for soba noodles, black sesame seeds for white sesame seeds, tamari for soy sauce, heavy cream or whole milk for coconut cream, broccoli or cauliflower for Brussels sprouts, and ground coriander for five-spice powder.

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Can substitute rice noodles for soba noodles, black sesame seeds for white sesame seeds, tamari for soy sauce, heavy cream or whole milk for coconut cream, broccoli or cauliflower for Brussels sprouts, and ground coriander for five-spice powder.
Breannetuttle on December 31, 2025

This was really good - loved the maple soy caramel. I did not include mushrooms bc I hate them. :) subbed in some baked tofu instead. Will make again.
Barb_N on December 30, 2025

Pure serendipity that I found this recipe. I planned to make a soba noodle/salmon ‘salad’ with left over roast salmon, and needed to use the Brussels sprouts in the fridge. I was unsure how to make these components into a meal when the forward of this new to me cookbook mentioned Brussels sprouts and one of the 3 recipes included soba noodles. Easy enough to add flaked salmon and tada! The ingredients worked together with the sweet salty caramel sauce. I’ll try other vegetable; this makes a lot more sauce than needed for one recipe.