This luscious mixture is as welcome on raw salads as it is over cooked noodle, grain, or vegetable dishes.

　　

Ingredients

makes about 1 1/2 cups

　　One 8-ounce jar Thai peanut satay sauce

　　1/2 cup light coconut milk

　　Juice of 1 lime

　　1/2 teaspoon red or green Thai chile paste, or to taste, dissolved in a little hot water

　　2 teaspoons brown rice syrup, agave nectar, or maple syrup

　　

Step 1

Combine the ingredients in a small mixing bowl and whisk together until completely combined. Use at room temperature as a dressing.

　　

Step 2

If you’d like to use this as a warm sauce, combine the ingredients in a small saucepan, whisk together, and heat gently until warm.

　　

nutrition information

Step 3

(per 1/4 cup)

　　

Step 4

Calories: 97

　　

Step 5

Total Fat: 6g

　　

Step 6

Protein: 1g

　　

Step 7

Carbohydrates: 8g

　　

Step 8

Fiber: 1g

　　

Step 9

Sodium: 135mg

　　Reprinted with permission from Vegan Express: Featuring 160 Recipes for Quick, Delicious, and Healthy Meals by Nava Atlas. Copyright © 2008 by Nava Atlas. Excerpted by permission of Broadway, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.Nava Atlas is the author of nine cookbooks, including The Vegetarian Family Cookbook, The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet, and Vegetarian Soups for All Seasons. She lives in the Hudson Valley region of New York with her husband and two teenage sons (all vegans).