Plus this stir fried veggie loaded noodles is quick and easy to make, packed with tons of veggies and proteins and belly warming.

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You can easily use other proteins and veggies based on what you have in your fridge. Here are some substitutes to try:

• Tofu, paneer, tempeh or 2 scrambled eggs in lieu of the seitan
• Peanuts for the cashews
• Zucchini, squash, red or green bellpeppers, snow peas, red onions, asparagus and mushrooms. The possibilities are for real endless here.

For the noodles, I used whole wheat linguine but you can also opt for more authentic Chinese noodles, Hakka noodles or soba noodles.

Serve hot and be sure to scrape up the crispy bits from the bottom of the pan.

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Adapted moderately from The Kitchn’s Easiest Chicken Chow Mein.

Chewy like Israeli couscous. But better. Because it’s pasta. Have you tried toasted fergola yet? I drenched it in a fresh tomato-pesto sauce.

After multiple failed Tofurkey attempts, I was skeptical when my brother told me about Tofurkey Sausages.  We’ve Rajat has been dicing them up and putting them in scrambled eggs for ages.  But never used them in a real main dish for dinner.  I found some beautiful, delicate tuscan kale (tuscan kale is as to regular kale as waifs are to cavemen) at the market, so when I saw this recipe from TheKitchn for Orecchiette with Sausage and Kale, I decided to take Tofurkey Sausages to the next level.

Vegetarian sausages are not pretty.  They do look like meat. I have no idea whether they taste like real sausage.  BUT they are full of protein and spiced nicely.  They make a hearty, chewy addition to regular old bowl of pasta.

Also, don’t skip out on the toasted garlic breadcrumbs.  They do a really good thing for an otherwise routine weeknight bowl of pasta.  They are chunky and crunchy and garlicky.  I made my own using stale bread in a mini food processor (see here for instructions on DIY).  My processor didn’t grind them to smooth, uniform crumbs like store bought crumbs but we loved the combination of big and small pieces (which you can see in the picture).