Random noodlings
Hurrah! I have saved money, been reasonably healthy and helped to clean out my pantry by making noodles rather than going out for them. Well, I didn't make the noodles themselves, I found them in the back of the cupboard (they were best-before Oct 2007 but they looked and smelled all right; I hope I don't die) but I stir-fried them with vegetables and spicy sauce myself.
Ingredients: one very small onion, half a capsicum that has also been in the fridge for god-knows-how-long but seemed to be ok, two carrots that were bendy but otherwise fine, a handful of frozen peas dug out of the iceberg that is my freezer, half a cucumber that was still quite firm (unlike the normal state of cucumbers in my fridge), leftover limp coriander leaves that were hiding behind the carrots; a single-serve packet of (rather ancient) vacuum-sealed thin udon; a splash of soy, a few gloops of hoisin sauce, several good shakes of shichimi powder and a drizzle of sweet chilli sauce.
Total time spent in kitchen: < 10 minutes (not including washing-up which I haven't done yet, sigh)
Result: highly satisfactory! :-9
Ingredients: one very small onion, half a capsicum that has also been in the fridge for god-knows-how-long but seemed to be ok, two carrots that were bendy but otherwise fine, a handful of frozen peas dug out of the iceberg that is my freezer, half a cucumber that was still quite firm (unlike the normal state of cucumbers in my fridge), leftover limp coriander leaves that were hiding behind the carrots; a single-serve packet of (rather ancient) vacuum-sealed thin udon; a splash of soy, a few gloops of hoisin sauce, several good shakes of shichimi powder and a drizzle of sweet chilli sauce.
Total time spent in kitchen: < 10 minutes (not including washing-up which I haven't done yet, sigh)
Result: highly satisfactory! :-9