Guys I’ve FINALLY mastered preparing kelp noodles. The first time I tried making them, I left it for wayyyy too long in the lemon juice + baking soda mixture (30+ mins) to the point it was easily breaking apart and was kinda soupy. Second time I tried, I didn’t use baking soda and cooked the noodles on a pan for too long. It didn’t feel quite soft, in fact tasted like I threw in a bit of sand 🥴 Last night and this afternoon I did it perfectly. Kept the noodles in an about 2:1 mixture of lemon juice (+2 or 3 cups of water) and baking soda for 20 mins MAX and it was soft enough to where it reminded me of normal noodles.
So this meal was DELICIOUSSS. A few things I would do differently is throw in my noodles in the sauce for the last 5 mins to really soak it up. What I’ve been doing is, after I pour the sauce on the noodles, I mix it up then put it in the microwave covered and warm it a bit.
The best hack is to fill up the “sides” with as much greens (and vegetables in general) to increase the volume and make you feel full. I wish I had bean sprouts, but regular brown bella mushrooms have a bit more nutrient value and still tasted great to me. I would’ve also replaced the diced cherub tomatoes for bell peppers if remembered I didn’t have any 😅.
Some 0 cal, 0 salt seasonings I used for the shrimp, sauce and broccoli+mushrooms were the Dash Original and Dash Table Blend seasonings.
I threw in a pinch of ground ginger into everything as well.
Note: Even if you replaced the shrimp for something with more protein like chicken, fish, eggs or some type of ground meat, or add more/less vegetables/noodles, this meal still be around 250 calories which I find amazinggg.
Double Note: I added cornstarch because I wanted a thicker sauce because I thought it would stick better to the noodles than a watery sauce. After sautéing my seasoned shrimp and zucchini in liquid smoke in a pan, I took the shrimp out, added the diced garlic, cooked that for like a minute, added like a cup or two of water, added the coconut aminos, the Thai curry, the corn starch. I then added the spinach + kale towards the end to wilt them a bit. I semi steamed the broccoli, mushrooms, and tomatoes together in remaining liquid aminos, ginger, pepper, and Dash seasonings. I later added them at them to the rest of the food.
I would suggest adjusting anything you feel fit! Because I’m still trying to lower the sodium to at max 700mg.
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