Try Shirataki Noodles Here!
I have always loved Asian food but have only recently discovered shirataki noodles. I saw shirataki noodles on a television show that was running a segment on five easy things to cook for the busy professional who is tired after a hard day’s work and shirataki noodles was one of them. According to the show, shirataki noodles are packaged cooked in a liquid and they just need to be washed and placed in boiling water for a couple of minutes to heat them up ready to eat. You just need to add whatever ingredients you want, they don’t really have a flavor of their own and they take on the flavors of whatever is added to them.
There are also a couple of added bonuses to eating shirataki noodles in that they are actually quite healthy. They are high in fiber and they have no calories which, according to the show, were two more good reasons to add them to your diet. So at lunch time the next day I went to the supermarket to buy some shirataki noodles, I found them in the fresh food section near the fruit and vegetables. I added some tofu, soy sauce, garlic and fresh vegetables to my cart and trundled back to work excited about trying out the shirataki noodles.
My colleagues at work were curious about where I had been and what I had bought. I told them about shirataki noodles, including the benefits and invited Jessie over to dinner to try them with me. The rest of the day went quickly, a number of meetings in the afternoon and a conference call with our London and Paris offices and then it was six o’clock and time to head off home. I arranged with Jessie to meet at my house at seven thirty.
I stopped at the local on the way home and picked out a nice bottle of red or two to go with our meal. My dog greeted me with the usual enthusiasm when I got home and I headed to the kitchen and laid out my groceries on the kitchen bench. I had heaps of time before Jessie arrived so I played with the dog for a while, he gets lonely home on his own all of the time and changed into some comfy clothes.
By this time it was seven and I opened the first bottle of wine and poured myself a glass to drink while I was cooking. Chopping board and knife in place I cut up all of the ingredients ready to cook and placed the fry pan on the burner to heat up the oil, a saucepan on the other burner filled with water for the shirataki noodles. When the oil was hot I added garlic soy and onion first and then bean sprouts, finely sliced carrot and the tofu, it was beginning to smell delicious. I rinsed off the shirataki noodles and placed them in the boiling water to heat. I added the last ingredient, baby spinach to the fry pan and turned off the heat. My glass was empty so I poured another, strained the noodles and stirred them into the fry pan mixture, covering it all to keep them warm.
My doorbell rang, Jessie right on time as usual so I went to let her in, moving the dog who was excited that we had a visitor and barking at the door, out of my way with my foot to open the door. Jessie had brought some crusty bread from the local bread to add to our meal and we both headed to the kitchen. I poured a second glass of wine for Jessie and topped mine up. Jessie commented on how good the food smelt when I took the lid off of the fry pan and served the noodles into a large bowl.
We carried the food and wine into the lounge and placed it on the coffee table and sat down ready to eat. I served a heap of noodles into the bowls and placed one in front of Jessie. We both raised our glasses of wine, “here’s to shirataki noodles,” we chanted and then laughed, picking up our bowls to fill our stomachs with delicious food.
