Happy Tuesday Everyone. On Tasty Tuesday today, the topic is the wonders of Ramen Noodles.
One of the things you get to exercise when you are broke and unemployed is creativity. As I have mentioned before, cooking is one of the many ways in which I express creativity. Living on a budget, should not preclude some one from eating delicious meals. I have learned to buy items in which I can make many dishes from, and an example of this is Ramen noodles. First of all Ramen Noodles are great when you are sick, its an easy chicken soup. Second of all, there are so many ways you can dress up Ramen. You can add vegetables, or meat. Just yesterday I added some left over pot roast meat to my beef noodles, and it made it hearty and delicious. The other day I made a cauliflower dish with sausage, my hubby put some of those leftover in Ramen.... DELISH! With Ramen, you can make a simple version of stir fry, just cook your noodles, cut up some veggies and add them to the noodles. You can also use the powder flavoring in other dishes.
Not only is Ramen, cheap and have a long shelf life, and easy to store, but its so easy to make, your kids can make lunch.
Now you may think that Ramen is pretty easy to make, well let me tell you; it is, however to get it to the most perfect state, I would recommend cooking it for longer than it says on the package. This allows the noodles to soften up more, and they absorb the flavor more. Its funny how someone that loves to cook as much as I do, prefer to have my hubby make Ramen, he always makes it perfect, he cooks it so that the noodles are so soft, they almost remind me of mexican sopa de fideo, yum!
Do you have any fun easy, inexpensive recipes?
