In case you were starting to worry about me, thinking to yourself that I spend an inordinate amount of time in the kitchen… take heart, everyone needs a night off. And when I’m not sure what to cook, our family has ramen.
Yup. The staple of university students everywhere.
I do try to buy the healthy versions of the packaged noodles, but to be honest, sometimes I just grab whatever vegetarian version is at hand. Because, what is key to this meal, and half the fun, are the add-ins. Leftover roasted tofu, two different kinds of sprouts, baby corn, boiled eggs, mushrooms, green onion, seaweed and anything else in the fridge that might be tasty.
The 30-minute Vegan has a great recipe for Ravin’ Ramen Noodle Soup. What I like about the recipe is it gives a combination of dried ingredients to substitute for the little packet of MSG that comes with the store-bought packages. I’m going to make up a bulk batch of this for the summer - the kids can boil some water, add rice stick or bean-thread noodles and have a quick lunch. Yup, getting them ready for college.
Our little family always gives ramen night 
dawn
we love ramen at our house. and you know, it never occurred to me to make a homemade version before. it's on the list now :).
ReplyDeleteEmbellished ramen is one of my standard meals when cooking only for myself.
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, we both ate an incredible amount of ramen in college. We found a sale: 20 packets for a buck, and boy, did we take advantage.
Tillie