30-minute pasta thing- asian style

this is a new incarnation of the 30-minute pasta thing and an expanded version of a dish i used to practically live of off during college summers-- the base recipe is 'cold sesame noodles' from this old vegetarian cookbook i have. it's basically whole wheat pasta in a sauce of tahini, pb, soy sauce, cider vinegar, garlic, ginger, and sesame seeds. it's cheap and best served cold and it got me through some pretty hot summers. i've tweaked the recipe a bit over the years and added siraccha, fish sauce, and sesame oil to the sauce. feeling ambitious and in need of some veggies i also added frozen peas and some shredded broc/cabbage/carrot mix (one of my new favorite things), and some cubed tempeh that had been marinated in sesame oil, fish sauce, and chili sauce. this was out of this world and SO fast. mmm. tastes like summer.