BigBlockTank wrote:
NYCgrrl wrote:
Nice article/post with "food for thought" :).
Canned clams, some minced garlic and dehydrated parsley sauteed in olive oil; a splash or 2 (or 3) of white wine (don't forget a dash of red pepper flakes if you like heat)is lovely served over a fast cooking pasta.
Another possibility is cold sesame noodles:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/cold-sesame-noodles-recipe2.html
This would be where you could use the aforementioned ramen noodles.
:)
I also keep a store of dry rice noodles and spring roll wrappers.
Here's a link that shows a bunch of ways to use the wrappers:
http://blog.foodnetwork.com/healthyeats/2013/07/26/top-things-to-do-with-spring-roll-wrappers/and this recipe or variations on it shows up frequently in our lives:
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/vegetable-spring-rolls.html?cm_src=RECIPESEARCHGreat way to practice knife skills (or let yr DGD do it;)) and use up cooked leftovers. Of course you can just use store bought julienned veggies in the produce dept as well.