Sesame Noodles

Sesame Noodles

*Tap, tap, tap*…..You still there?

*Tap, tap*……Did you miss me?  Probably not.

I have been a wee bit out of it lately. Just tired and icky.  I have a few extra things on my plate this month and it throws me off.  I have a routine and when that routine gets all whacked it takes me a while to get it straight.  To top it off the sun is starting to rise later and later, and set earlier and earlier, which puts my whole world into a tail spin for about a month.  My alarm clocks (ie. dogs) are sleeping in, which has made me almost late to work twice this week,  (This reminds me I need to dig my alarm clock out. ) and I am racing against the sun when I get home from work.

Monday when I got home I was not in the mood to run around like a nut trying to get dinner together.  I was looking for something simple-stupid and that is what I did.  I made some quick sesame noodles and broiled hosin glazed chicken.  I would have been happy with just the noodles but I think you all know about that guy I married who always has to have some meat with his dinner.  Love you honey!

The funny thing is I think he liked the noodles more than the chicken.  I heard over and over again, Mmmmmm……Mmmmmm….these are good.  Mmmmmmm.  He in no way could ever be a food critic, he is just a little too left brain for that, but the man loves food and he is very vocal when he likes it.   Although I will confess that as much as I love cooking, I love it even more when Obed is happy with his food. 

These were in fact very tasty and I loved them even more because they were so easy to make.  I added some cole slaw mix to them just to give it a wee-bit of a crunch.  The neat thing is you can toss in whatever protein you want and you have a full meal.  Simple, easy and dinner is on the table in no time. 

Print Recipe

Sesame Noodles

• 12 ounces Rice Noodles, Cooked And Drained
• ¼ cups Soy Sauce
• 2 Tbs Honey
• 4 cloves Garlic, Minced
• 2 Tbs Rice Vinegar
• 3 Tbs Pure Sesame Oil
• 2 tsp Sarachi Sauce
• 4 Tbs Canola Oil
• 3 Tbs Rice Wine
• 2 Tbs Oyster Sauce
• 4 Tbs sesame seeds
• 1/2 cup Cole Slaw Mix
• 4 whole Green Onions, diced

Prepare noodles according to package directions.

Combine all ingredients except green onions in a bowl.  Pour mixture into a large hot skillet, add noodles to pan and toss to combine.  Stir-fry the noodles for about 5 minutes, toss in green onions.

Serve hot and top off with more green onions or sesame seeds if desired.

Chicken Parmigiana with Zucchini Noodles

This is for you Susan!

Upon request from one of my bestest friends I created this dish.  She has been requesting a high protein low carb recipe and this is what I came up with.  If love Italian food, but need to cut the carbs you are pretty much up a creek, but this dish is the perfect cure for that pasta crave.

I got this idea while watching Iron Chef America the other night.  It was battle zucchini and Bobby Flay made a dish were he used zucchini as noodles.  I filed this in the back of the recipe box in my head.  I was very, very pleased with the results it was absolutely delicious.  The zucchini noodles were light and had just a bit of crunch.  I breaded the chicken breast in panko bread crumbs which are surprisingly very low in carbs, 1/2 a cup of panko bread crumbs only has 24 g of carbs.  I was able to bread 3 chicken breast with just 1/2 cup of crumbs, which means each breast only had 8 g of carbs.  Sweet right?  The panko was great on the chicken breast, made them light and crunchy.

Here we go….

Read more

Spicy Peanut Chicken Noodles

Last night I though I would whip up an Asian dish.  There was a time there not to long ago where I though putting peanuts or peanut butter in anything that wasn’t a dessert just plain weird and wrong.  I don’t know if my taste buds have just matured or if I was simply wrong, because now I LOVE it!  Sooooooo delicious.  This dish comes together in a snap and it a great way to make a ho-hum weekday dinner interesting.   It is also great for company because it makes a minimal mess and your guest will think you are a culinary genius.  Trust me…..YUM-EEEEE!

Read more