Before I ever recommend anything, I always try it first. From juices to footwear, exercises to music.
I’ve been vegetarian for many years and also wheat free, and tonight I will be tucking into a plate of Zero Noodles. They have so few calories that you burn whatever calories they do have whilst you are eating them. They are also gluten free and organic.
Sounds too good to be true? It will all come down to how they taste, and I’ll tell you that later! If the taste matches the other impressive features, then they might just be a great way to eat healthily and help control your weight.
(How many people are now praying for Zero Chocolate? That would make a few pounds for the inventor).
Try this lovely, quick recipe for your noodles. You can use whatever vegetables you can get your hands on.
Ingredients
1 packet Zero Noodles (200gms, 7 Oz )
4 spring onions, sliced crosswise, greens and whites separated
About 1 cup purple cabbage, shredded
1/4 cup frozen beans
About 1 cup thinly sliced multi colored capsicum
1 medium carrot, julienned
1 medium celery, thinly sliced
1/2-1 cup bean sprouts
1-2 garlic, finely minced
1-2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
1-2 tbsp chilli sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
Cooking Method
1 Boil the noodles as per the package instructions. Add the salt and oil to the water.
2 When 85-90% cooked, drain the noodles and toss lightly with cold water. Drain completely and set aside until ready to use.
3 Heat a Wok with about 1 tsp of oil until it smokes. Make sure you have all the vegetables ready as its all about quick cooking. Add the garlic followed by spring onion greens, bell peppers, cabbage, celery, carrots and beans. Toss on high flame for 2 minutes. Don’t leave the vegetables on their own since at this stage they can get lonely and easily burn. You need to keep tossing them.
4 When you find the vegetables softening slightly, add the noodles, soy sauce, salt, pepper, chilli sauce, bean sprouts along with spring onion greens.
5 Give it a good toss and saute for another minute or so.
I’m so interested in these kind of noodles! I have yet to see them in the store by us.
Hi Ani 🙂 Which country do you live in? I cannot get them in Spain but I can in the UK. In the UK they are called Zero Noodles (check out http://www.zeronoodles.com) but they are Organic Shirataki Noodles so maybe you can find somewhere nearby that sells them. 🙂
I am in the US! I think I might have seen them in health food stores, but I will have to look again.
Amazon.co.uk sell them as well so maybe try the US version 🙂 Good luck!! 🙂 Hope we can keep in touch 🙂
I’ve tried these before (rather, I’ve had the US version) and I can’t get over the foul smell. Did these smell weird to you? I’ve tried them several times and they all smell a little funky to me. Your recipe sounds delicious though, I will try it with zucchini noodles instead!
Hi Jessie! They did smell a little different but they tasted good in the recipe 🙂 The principal is great, so maybe try a peg on your nose when cooking?!?! 😉