Buckwheat Soba & Edamame with Almond Butter Sauce from The How Not to Die Cookbook. Buckwheat is one of my mother's favorite foods. Most mornings, she starts her day with kasha, or roasted buckwheat, as a hot cereal, and adds berries and Ceylon cinnamon. There are plenty of other uses for buckwheat, too, like soba noodles. (Soba is the Japanese word for "buckwheat.") INGREDIENTS: ¼ cup raw almond butter 1 garlic clove, chopped 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger 2 tablespoons Umami Sauce* ½ teaspoon