Tag: noodles

chicken noodle soup with kale
27Nov

Chicken noodle soup

I wished for the weather to be colder a month ago. It was too warm for October I said. This week the cold really hit me, back to wearing gloves just to get into my car in the car park. And it is not even snowing yet in the south of England, unlike the north, which means it is just drizzly, a wet cold with a mist that seems to get through to your bones regardless of how many layers of wool you got on. This is why people put weight on over christmas, it is not the turkey or the chocolates or the mulled wine, it is the constant search for comforting food that will warm up your insides. I have just the thing for you. And it will not add any extra pounds. Chicken noodle soup for one 1 chicken breast 1 tbsp of bouillon vegetable stock 1 tbsp of soy sauce 175g fine rice noodles (ready to work or 65g of raw noodles) 1 small carrot, cut into cubes 1/2 cup of frozen sweetcorn 1/2 cup of kale Handful of finely sliced spring onions 1. Boil water, add bouillon powder, soy sauce and cook chicken breast. After
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20Nov

Stir-fried noodles with cashew nuts

For a couple weeks now I have had an enormous desire to eat oriental food and I especially adore Thai and Vietnamese cuisine, but will be the first to admit I don’t often venture into the kitchen to cook these dishes. The reason behind my it is not lack of will or time it’s more the shopping for the ingredients that puts me off.  And I am spoiled for Asian shops where I live, plus the prices are super affordable, so what’s the big issue? In recent times I have been trying to avoid going to shops packed full of people, and all the Asian shops are in central Frankfurt, where everyone seems to be, all the time. So when I think of making noodles I also start to think of having to get in the packed Metro then fighting the crowds when I get off on the other side. So I often give up just thinking about it. The scary thing about all this is that I never used to be like this. Am I getting old? Sometimes I ask myself whether living in a big city and paying ridiculous rent makes me yearn for the comfort and coziness
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