Soba Noodle Salad with Edamame & Sesame
Chilled buckwheat soba with edamame, cucumber and a sesame-soy dressing — eats well cold at a desk, 26 g protein.
Chilled buckwheat soba with edamame, cucumber and a sesame-soy dressing is a 478-kcal lunch built to eat cold at a desk, with 26 g of protein and 9 g of fiber.
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A lunch that eats well cold at a desk, with twenty-six grams of protein.
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Ingredients (1 serving)
- Soba noodles — 80 g dry
- Edamame, shelled — 100 g
- Cucumber — 80 g
- Sesame seeds — 10 g
- Soy sauce + sesame oil — 1 tbsp
Macros per serving
- Calories: 478 kcal
- Protein: 26 g
- Fat: 14 g
- Carbs: 62 g
- Fiber: 9 g
Key micronutrients
- Magnesium — ~160 mg
- Folate — ~250 µg
- Fiber — 9 g
Why it earns a spot in the rotation
- 26 g of plant protein from the edamame and buckwheat noodles together, with no animal product needed.
- ~160 mg of magnesium and ~250 µg of folate — a meaningfully high folate figure for a single lunch.
- 9 g of fiber slows the glucose response to the 62 g of carbs, which matters in a noodle-forward dish.
- Serves well cold or at room temperature, which makes it one of the few lunches here suited to eating straight from a packed container.
Sources
AgeGen recipes are sourced from the USDA FoodData Central database. Macros are calculated per the ingredient panel; round to the gram.
