Ramen Noodle Soup

This is loosely based on a traditional Japanese recipe – I struggled big time to find a recipe on line that used plain ramen noodles rather than those already flavoured with a soup mix, so I made my own recipe up, based on what I had in the fridge as well as some information I found on Wikipedia. 

 

Serves 2

Syn Free on Extra Easy

ca 100 g plain ramen noodles (the packet was 250g and I used 1/3.)

2 small pork steaks, all fat removed, grilled and thinly sliced

knob of ginger, cut into julienne strips

½ savoy cabbage, finely shredded

handful fresh coriander leaves, chopped

soy sauce to taste

Sauté the ginger in Fry Light for a few minutes, then add 1 litre of water, the cabbage and soy sauce to taste. Simmer for 5, add the noodles and continue to cook for a few more minutes until the noodles are tender. Add the coriander leaves, taste and re-adjust the seasoning if necessary. 

 

Oriental-Style Coleslaw with Chinese-Style Pork

As plans changed today, I was left with no food for this evening, so Joe came to my rescue again – this time in the form of Chinese-style pork. What to serve with it? Hmmm, what's in the fridge....?

This is what I came up with:

Serves 3

Syn Free on Extra Easy

½ red cabbage

1 small onion

2 carrots

small knob ginger

½ pineapple

80g edamame beans

juice of 2 limes

2 tbsp sweetener

2 tbsp soy sauce

3 Joe's Chinese-style pork steaks 

 

Finely slice the cabbage and onion. Peel and cut the carrots and ginger into julienne strips. Peel the pineapple and cut into matchstick sized sticks. Mix the cabbage, carrots, onion, ginger and pineapple with the beans. In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, sweetener and lime juice. Pour over the salad and mix well.

Meanwhile grill the pork steaks on medium high for 8-10 minutes until cooked through. Serve with the salad. 

 

Salmon with Creamed Cabbage

As I was planning my meals for the week yesterday, I went through the fridge and made a note of the leftovers that needed using up and planning accordingly around what was available. Hence this salmon dish was born, and very nice it was too.

Serves 2

Syn Free on Extra Easy

¼ small white cabbage

2 onions

tub quark

stock cube or bouillon powder

a little sweetener to taste

1 or 2 cooked salmon fillets, flaked

soy sauce

sambal oelek or lazy chilli

sweetener

Thinly slice the cabbage and onion – I used a mandolin set to the thinnest slicer – and sauté in a little Fry Light until soft. Turn the heat right down and add the quark, bouillon powder, sweetener and a little water to get a nice creamy consistency. Do not let it boil.

Heat the soy sauce, sambal oelek and sweetener in a pan over a low heat and add the salmon, stirring gently to coat and heat but making sue it doesn't break up.

Place the cabbage on a plate and top with the salmon.