The Diet Logs

Even if you aren’t a diabetic you can still follow diabetic recipes to ensure that you are eating healthy. Here is a yummy recipe for Asian Noodle Salad.

8 oz. Japanese udon noodles or vermicelli, uncooked
4 oz. fresh pea pods, cut into thin strips
2 tablespoons dark roasted sesame oil
1 tablespoon peanut oil
2 tablespoons lite soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
1/2 oz. dried mushrooms
1 small carrot, thinly sliced
2 green onion, cut diagonally with tops
1 cup bean sprouts
2 tablespoons chopped dry-roasted peanuts or cashews

Cook the noodles according to the package directions, omitting salt. Thirty seconds before the noodles are cooked, add the pea pods to blanch. Drain the pasta and pea pods.

Mix the sesame oil and peanut oil in a small bowl.

In another small bowl, combine the soy sauce and vinegar. Whisk in 2 tablespoons of the oil mixture.

Put the hot noodles in a large bowl. Mix the remaining tablespoons of oil mixture into the noodles. Add the mushrooms, pea pods, carrot, onions, and bean sprouts. Add the soy sauce dressing; toss well. Sprinkle with chopped nuts. Serve hot or cold.

Exchanges Per Serving:

2 Starch
1 Vegetable
1-1/2 Fat

ff wrote this on May 22nd, 2008 and filed it under Diet Logs, Healthy Eating |