Last week I realized eighteen months have passed since I last posted on Suzanne’s table.  I didn’t stop cooking and I haven’t stopped thinking of ideas.  I thought I should change sites, themes, the list goes on. I could come up with hundreds of reasons why I haven’t been updating this site, but today I said “no more excuses.”

If you are Facebook or Instagram friends with me, you know I post pictures of almost everything I cook. I have been getting so many requests for those recipes, I am going to be sharing them here.

Please let me know if you try any of my creations or have ideas of how to improve upon them.

I have eliminated red meat from my diet, so hard! I still drool over food pictures of large juicy burgers and steaks.  I have adapted many of my meals to substitute another ground meat for beef, feel free to use any ground meat you prefer for this dish or any I post that have ground meat in them.

This meal took me under an hour to prepare.  It is a quick weeknight dinner full of flavor.

Rice Noodles with Hoisin Meatballs and snow peas

1 pound of ground meat

3 tablespoons of hoisin sauce

3 cloves of garlic, chopped

1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons minced ginger

½ teaspoon Salt

¼ teaspoon pepper

8 ounces dried rice noodles

2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoon sesame oil (vegetable oil can also be used, I just like the flavor sesame oil gives your food)

2 tablespoons of oyster sauce

2 green onions, sliced thin

1 cup snow peas

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line baking pan or sheet with foil.

Mix ground meat, ¼ cup water, 2 tablespoons hoisin, 1 chopped garlic clove, salt and pepper.  Form meatballs, depending on the size you should end up with 8-12. Arrange on baking pan and bake for approximately 15 minutes.  Turn once so they are browned on both sides.  For a crispier meatball you can put under the broiler for 2 minutes.

While meat is cooking, prepare noodles according to package directions.  Rinse noodles and toss with 1 teaspoon of oil to keep them from clumping together.  Next mix together 1/3 cup water, oyster sauce, 1 teaspoon sesame oil and 1 table spoon of hoisin.

Heat a large skillet with 2 tablespoons of oil, once oil is hot, toss in remaining 2 cloves of garlic, 2 teaspoons of ginger, green onion and snow peas.  Stir fry until snow peas are bright green, about 1-2 minutes.  Add noodles to pan and toss.  Pour sauce mixture over noodles and toss until sauce is absorbed, about 2 minutes.  Divide noodle mixture and meatballs among bowls.

Note:  if you aren’t used to cooking with hoisin or oyster sauce you don’t need to go to a special market to find it.  Most grocery store chains carry these in the Asian section of the store.  You can also use any type of noodle with this dish.  I just love rice noodles more than any other type.