Ramen noodles…
Cheap, filling, and ready in minutes. During college, ramen noodles, were a welcome addition, when I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on food.
My parents sent me care package throughout the years, and noodles were something they thoughtfully included.
Getting creative with Ramen noodles
Even as a college kid, I was interested in delicious, healthy, and filling meals, and so a variety of vegetables were added to my noodles. If I had the money to make it healthier, if not the plain noodles would suffice, it just wasn’t as tasty.
These days, I don’t eat a lot of ramen noodles or your traditional pasta…
The majority of the pasta I make is made from vegetables; I use a vegetable pasta maker. Its much healthier than the traditional noodles, and during harvest time I have more than enough vegetables to satisfy my noodle craving.
Vegetable pasta maker
I first learned about vegetable pasta when I became interested in raw foods, I’d eaten raw foods throughout my life, and was fascinated that some ate this exclusively. Naturally, I was even more intrigued, when I saw vegetables like made from vegetables! I’ve tried a few vegetable pasta noodle machines, but my favorite is the plastic spiral vegetable slicer. I’ve had mine for five years.
The above photo was taken last evening, the main ingredient is ramen noodles, to which I added broccoli, tomato, egg, and garlic. My daughter helped prepare this dish, and thought it was delicious.
I don’t like vegetable pasta… but of course, during Fasting, when we can’t eat meat it can be an excellent opportunity
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Opal Reply:
April 9th, 2012 at 8:15 am
@Amand @ BuySellWordpress, I like it, with the typical pasta sauce or seasonings that are added to pasta, you really can’t tell that much of a difference.
A few friends were sure they wouldn’t like it, I do believe the word ‘vegetable’ scared them away, were suprised at how great it tasted. They now make they own vegetable pasta.
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I haven’t tried to cook such a meal before, but it looks really very tasty! I will try to cook it, hope that my family will like it)
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Opal Reply:
April 11th, 2012 at 10:05 am
Hello @Melissa,
The great thing about cooking with ramen noodles or vegetable pasta, is it’s simple, and depending on what you prepare, it can be on the table in less than ten minutes. Which is great for those times when you don’t have a lot of time, or don’t want to take a lot of time preparing a meal…
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It’s great you are introducing vegetables to your Ramen Noodles. But isn’t Ramen Noodles high in sodium?
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Opal Reply:
April 12th, 2012 at 5:40 pm
Hi @Brian Holnts@Cross Cut Paper Shredder,
However, if you eat as is, yes it’s very high!
Most of the sodium is coming from the flavor pack. After the noodles are cooked, I always drain the (flour based noodles). I rinse with fresh water, and then serve.
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I have tried a couple of different vegetable pastas at some restaurants, and it can’t compare to the real thing. I just use pasta as one my splurge dishes, maybe around once a month.
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Opal Reply:
April 12th, 2012 at 9:01 pm
@Mike Reeson, That’s the beauty of vegetable pasta, you can splurge whenever you want…
Occasionally I marinate my veggie pasta, however, I do like the delicate flavoring of the vegetables too, so its pure win regardless of how I choose to prepare them.
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Mike Reeson Reply:
April 13th, 2012 at 2:56 pm
@Opal Thanks!! Maybe I’ll give it another shot!
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look delicious.. i wanna have some someday
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Opal Reply:
April 14th, 2012 at 7:15 am
@piskhai, It’s all in the preparation. I enjoy experimenting in the kitchen.
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Friday I made Raw Cucumber Pasta with my Spiralizer! I’m going to do it again this week!
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