Skip to main content

Asian inspired sesame noodles with vegetables


I am home again. I was literally everywhere last week, went back and forth in Hungary. Since I love traveling, whether it means traveling locally or abroad, I loved every second of it! But being on a vacation or on the go also means that my lifestyle is changing also. So no working out, very very minimal amount of vegetables and even a smaller amount of fruits. Sleeping time turned up side down - so eating and drinking during the night. Pretty much the worst one can do to their body! And well...being back I noticed all the consequences...A few pounds sticked to my middle and thighs and face is totally puffed up. Not to mention my lack of energy, therefore lack of motivation to workout, too! So what to do what to do...
I am trying really hard to get back to my usual schedule and being a little extra strict to myself :) So what to eat when it's not only me I am cooking for? I would have been happy (okay, semi happy) with just a salad but my family would have been not quite as satisfied with it so I thought I'd make some Asian noodles with vegetables. Can't go wrong with Asian food...It is filling, satisfyingly yummy and pretty healthy, too!

Asian inspired sesame noodles with vegetables
For 4 people

1 package of Asian noodles - whatever you have at home, my favorite is rice noodles
2 carrots
1 red bell pepper
1 onion
garlic
cilantro
bamboo shoot
lemongrass
sesame seeds

for the sauce:
1/4 cup sesame oil
1/3 cup light soy sauce
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons brown sugar

Bring water to boil and cook the noodles for 4-5 minutes or until it is yield on the box. Add sesame oil to the noodles after they are ready. Chop the vegetables and heat peanut oil in a wok.
Add onions, carrots and bell pepper to the wok and cook for about 8 minutes. Add the lemongrass.

Stir the ingredients for the sauce together. Add a few spoons to the vegetables. Add the bamboo shoots and cook for 1 more minute and add the noodles and the remaining sauce. Stir together and sprinkle it with the sesame seeds and the cilantro. 




Comments

  1. These noodles are looking spicy and I will surely try them out.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sajtos Pogácsa - Hungarian Cheese Puffs

Happy news! I have created a new, upgraded website where you can see all my old and new recipes. To see the recipe of the the Hungarian Cheese Puffs, you can simply click on the below link. https://theeccentriccook.com/sajtos-pogacsa-hungarian-cheese-puffs/

Homemade Nutella

I was an exchange student (ah how many times I've said this sentence...) 5 years ago in the US. I'm not gonna talk about how it was (AMAZING) but then and there I gained sisters! Now I have one living in the States and one living in Germany. And next week we are gonna be reunited! I can't wait, I am so excited! So this week I am going to Germany and was thinking what I should bring. Because basically Germany has everything that Hungary has, if not more. So what to give what to give? I was thinking really hard when a completely random thing came to my mind. I should make some nutella. She loves nutella. Frankly, who doesn't, right? I love it, too although it's been years since I ate any. I can't really explain why because I always think that if I eat just one spoon, I will gain a 100 pounds immediately. But with this thought, I shouldn't be eating any brownies, cookies...etc.  BUT today I tried my homemade Nutella. OH MY GOD. I wouldn't have though...

Hungarian Kakaós Csiga (Chocolate Rolls)

Frankly, I missed baking so much! Even though I needed one baking-free month to lose all the weight I gained due to the excessive baking mania I got over this summer I just cannot stop it! So I decided that I don't have to give up this love of mine but I do have to figure out something that will not leave me end up gaining weight again. What to do, what to do...Bake only in the weekends! And probably I should get a grip and not stuff my face until I can't move...Which didn't really happen today. I ate like 6 of these lovely chocolate rolls...I guess, no dinner for Csilla tonight :P These rolls are from a traditional Hungarian pastry recipe. I called my Grandma to ask for the recipe and as it always happens with Grandma recipes she did not know the measurements...I don't know if it's only with my grandmas but they always work with their eyes so they usually have no idea how much grams I need from this or that... So I turned to an ancient Hungarian cookbook and that...