So I
have a bunch of packs of chicken flavored ramen in my cupboard and
I'm not exactly in the mood to just eat chicken ramen. So I got
creative and came up with a few things that you may or may not like.
Here you go:
Ramen
Pad Thai:
I found this recipe forever long ago and it called for
1
oriental ramen packet [I had chicken, so I used chicken, both are
good]
3
dollops chunky/extra chunky peanut butter
½ cup
chopped chives/onion grass
Garlic and pepper to taste
Beansprouts
are an optional but yummy crunchy addition
Siracha always makes
things better (also optional I guess)
INSTRUCTIONS:
Cook the
ramen to your liking, stir everything else in, draw a siracha hakuna
matata [hot] or smiley face [mild] and eat.
My
opinion: I like it, a lot actually. I won't eat ramen plain anymore
if I have peanut butter and chives, and chives grow in the backyard.
///note:
a backyard garden is AWESOME for this kind of stuff. Peppers, chives,
potatoes, tomatoes, melons, lettuce and cucumbers AWWE YEA! How do
you get started? That part is easy, take the seeds from anything you
buy and germinate them between two pieces of moist paper towel. After
a week in the germination tray [keeping it moist] you will have found
your survivors, the seeds that grew the biggest and strongest put
them in the ground. Apply regular water and in no time you will have
huge healthy plants that you can use to make awesome recipes like
this! Try it in a Lettuce bowl for more color!
If you take
pics of any of these recipes you made I will put them up here or on
facebook!
Summer
Ramen:
1 pack
of ramen without flavor pack
Ranch
dressing to taste
Siracha
makes everything better
Cook and
drain ramen noodles, toss them in ranch dressing, siracha to taste.
Opinions:
I grew up eating summer spaghetti [Ranch and spaghetti noodles
w/siracha] so the idea wasn't too far fetched for me. I offered it to
my roomate and she looked at me like I was crazy. So I guess that
it's an acquired taste. I like it, especially if you chill the
noodles in the freezer for a few minutes before tossing in the ranch.
Ramen
Popcorn?
Ok this
might sound crazy but I have a popcorn popper and I love popcorn; so
I am always trying to come up with new flavors which is wicked fun. I
was making summer ramen one day and I threw the flavor packet on top
of the popcorn machine as a place to keep it till I use it for
something, not something I usually do, the only other ramen packet I
have stored is in my closet. Anyways I was making popcorn and decided
to throw in the flavor packet. GREAT IDEA.
1 Ramen
flavor packet [your choice]
1tbs
extra virgin olive oil [or in my case corn oil]
½ cup
popcorn kernels
Take a
20 cup bowl and add your oil and flavor packet, stir until it makes a
paste. As your popcorn begins to pop, stir it into the oil/flavor mix
until the kernels are evenly coated.
NUTRITION
ALERT: ½ cup popcorn + 1 ramen flavor packet+1tbs oil comes in at a
whopping 230 calories per BOWL. Thats right, an all to your self
sitting on the couch watching reruns of a show you have seen a
million times bowl of ramen popcorn is only 230 calories.
Comparitavely, a small fry from mcdonalds is also 230 calories.
Not
ramen related but while we are on the subject of popcorn,
Cheesy
yummy popcorn (probably my favorite way of eating popcorn)
½ cup
popcorn kernels
1tbs
extra virgin olive oil [or in my case corn oil]
1 cheese
packet from a mac and cheese box
Toss
your plain popcorn in oil, then drizzle the cheese powder on top,
consume.
OH WAIT
I CAN TOTALLY TIE IT BACK TO RAMEN!
Chicken
noodle soup
1 box
macaroni [your box of now cheeseless mac&cheese would be good for
this]
1 packet of chicken related ramen flavor [spicy chicken,
creamy chicken, what have you]
½ cup
chopped onions/chives/onion grass
1 cup
cabbage or leaf spinach chopped loosely
Siracha
to taste
½ cup
of chicken or chicken substitute [quorn makes some really good ones]
optional
Make the
macaroni and add other ingredients. ///Note: Soup is easy
So now
we have one pack of flavorless ramen left over.
Ramen
Stroganoff:
1 pack
flavorless ramen
1 block
cream cheese
½ can
cream of whatever
meat to
taste
Cook the
cream cheese and cream of whatever soup on low heat till the cheese
melts and becomes this amazing mixture of awesome. Add this mixture
to your noodle of choice, in this case ramen but usually I like it in
macaroni noodles because I can buy them by the truckload so its
cheaper. Anyways this is the most awesome dish ever, and I highly
recommend it.
Shopping
list:
4 Ramen
packs
2 block
cream cheese
1 can
cream of whatever
peanut
butter
chives
lettuce/cabbage/spinach
1 box
mac&cheese
1 bag of
popcorn kernels
siracha
Things I
had to buy, cream cheese, cream of whatever, and beansprouts. Works
for me.
Makes:5
meals and 3 snacks.
I hope
this helps someone eat cheap while still eating healthy!
