Quorn Chicken Udon Noodle Soup

A few weeks ago a friend and I went to Dublin for a day and decided to get something from Sushi King for lunch since there's nowhere that sells anything remotely sushi-like where we live.
  Instead of getting cold bentos like we used to (when Tesco still sod them.. Grrr) we went all out and got hot food. She got some miso soup and I got some chicken ramen noodle soup. (This was when I still ate meat.) They were delicious! I definitely know what I'm going to get next time I'm in Dublin..

  That noodle soup has been haunting me from the very moment I finished that dish, I knew I wasn't going to get anything near it in any restaurant so I decided to make my own! 

  Since I'm a pescaterian, I dislike eating chicken. I popped two quorn chicken pieces in the oven at 180° for fifteen minutes while I prepared the rest of my meal.

I couldn't find any ramen in Tesco so I got some udon noodes instead. The instructions with these ordered that the noodles were to be cooked in the microwave for 2 minutes with a little water, in a bowl and covered.
I cooked these first and left them in the microwave to cool why I prepared the rest of my meal.

I chopped a handful of veg, I didn't use much veg as I was only cooking for myself. I put all of these in a saucepan of boiling water at different times so they'd cook perfectly. I put the broccoli in for around 10 minutes, the carrots in soon after for about 7 minutes, and the celery and mangetout in for the last 3 minutes. 

I poured a bowl full of water into a saucepan and brought it to boil. When it had boiled I added a vegetable stock cube, two dashes of soy sauce and two dashes of worstershire sauce. I would have added more, like garlic, ginger and spices but I didn't have any in the house.

It tasted great without them anyway. :)

Lastly, I combined everything in a bowl!

First I separated the noodles with a fork so they were loose and easy to eat. I then added my vegetables, after that, quorn chicken, and finally, the vegetable broth.

Yum!! Who'd have thought I could make a delicious, filling, vegetarian meal that I'd actually really enjoy?! Not me! I am soooo happy with how this dish turned out, seeing as this was my first time preparing the meal.

I will definitely be eating this again, next time though, I might use less noodles, since they're so gigantic ad filling.

Enjoy xx

Snack Time

  When I'm hungry, but not hungry enough for a huge meal, I like to make small salads. I love salads. I couldn't think of something better than a bowl full of delicious juicy raw vegetables. I wish it was appropriate to just order that when I'm dining out..

  Something else I absolutely adore is seafood. Although I don't like every single thing that you can eat from the sea, what I do like I can't get enough of. So why not combine both?!

  For my snack today I had a prawn salad! To go along with it I had ginger tea.

  While I let my tea infuse (for 5 minutes at least) I got cracking on making my salad. 

  Half an hour before I even started making my tea, I defrosted a handful of large prawns in a bowl of cold water. 

  I chopped a selection of my favourite vegetables; lettuce, celery, mangetout, cucumber and red pepper up into small peices. I think chopping the veg is my favourite part of making a salad, after the presentation, that is.

  Finally, after I'd prepared the salad in a bowl I sprinkled the defrosted prawns on top, ready to eat. I nearly couldn't take photos of my finished food, I could hardly keep myself from digging in straight away!!

Yum!! (I didn't realise how big this salad was going to turn out, might be too full to eat dinner now!!) 

..Hiya!

Hellooooo,

I've decided to start a blog to assist me on my quest to get healthy and happy!

So, here's a little about me:

• I'm currently a pescetarian, but I'm hoping to shift to vegetarianism and some day down the line, veganism!
• I don't like to weigh myself often, and I won't be recording my weight on this blog.
• I don't like sauce or gravy or salad dressing or any of that "good stuff" which makes my diet very boring to some.
• I don't have a specific exercise routine although I'm very up for trying new things!
• I'm not interested in going on crazy, hard diets, I'm more interested in cleaning up how I eat and doing what's right for my body even if it takes a little longer.

This blog will mostly be food I've prepared, exercises that I feel help me and some posts about how to improve my mood.

Enjoy xx