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Healthy Instant Noodles

March 1, 2017 | After School Snacks, Savoury Snacks, Soups

Healthy Instant noodles - These Healthy Instant Noodles are so easy to make and a whole lot more nourishing than anything out of a packet. Add your favourite flavours.

Last week I wrote about snacking and listed some of my kids favourite after school snacks. You can catch up here. So this week I thought it appropriate that I share their absolute favourite snack – my healthy version of those awful, fake instant noodles (or noodle cups).

Instant noodles are a perfect example of not what to eat – heavily processed, nutritionally void, packaged…I can’t even call it ‘food’.  As I wrote last week, every time you feed your kids, it’s an opportunity to nourish them and improve their health and wellbeing, not promote illness and disease.

Just today my hairdresser told me that she educates her young children about good and not so good food choices by explaining that some food is ‘tricky’ – that is, it tastes good and tricks you into feeling like eating more  (that your brain convinces you it’s ‘not so bad’). I thought this was just a brilliant analogy and a great way to explain and educate kids about widely available, well marketed processed foods.

Anyhow, now for my polar opposite version of instant noodles. I’ve shared the basic recipe, but as a well liked food, it’s a great opportunity to increase it’s nutritional value by adding a few nutrient and flavour ‘boosters’ (for which I’ve also made suggestions).

Healthy Instant Noodles

Prep 5 minutes
Cook 5 minutes
Total 10 minutes
Serves: 1
Healthy Instant noodles - These Healthy Instant Noodles are so easy to make and a whole lot more nourishing than anything out of a packet. Add your favourite flavours.
5 from 4 votes
These Healthy Instant Noodles are a delicious, easy to prepare snack and a great way to add extra vegetables into your kids diet. They are also fabulous in a thermos for a healthy school lunch. 

Ingredients

  • 250 ml chicken stock or bone broth (1 cup)
  • 100 g noodles (I've used gluten-free brown rice noodles here, but you could use any type of good quality noodle or zoodles for grain-free)
  • Pinch sea salt

I make big pots of broth and freeze it in recycled jars to defrost and enjoy as needed.

    Method

    • In a small pot bring about 4 cups of water to the boil. Add the noodles and cook until just cooked. How long you cook (or soak) for will depend on the type of noodle you choose (follow the directions on the pack).
    • Drain and rinse well. Add to a bowl or thermos.
    • Now heat your broth (recipe and more info about its goodness here) in the pot until hot, season and pour over the noodles.

    Variations

    Boost with…

    • We love adding grated parmesan (or cheddar) to ours, so yum (for dairy-free use nutritional yeast).
    • Spring onion is delicious (unless you are onion-free)!
    • Herbs or leafy greens like baby spinach or kale can be added to the broth at the very end of cooking to wilt.
    • If there’s a vegetable your kids like, add it. I often add sliced mushrooms, broccoli or carrot (into the broth to cook).
    • Add an egg beaten and drizzled through the hot broth to form egg ribbons (to add protein).
    • Add any leftover chicken meat, tofu, legumes etc (also to add protein).
    • Add garlic and/or ginger for an immune boost (or just ginger if you are garlic-free).

    Vegetarian and vegan

    Replace the bone broth with a home made vegetable stock. 

    In the Thermos

    If keeping in a thermos or setting aside to be eaten later, remember the noodles will continue cooking (and gluten free noodles will go very soggy). So if this is your plan, under cook the noodles or add them to the broth uncooked and by the time the thermos is opened they will be cooked.
     

    Enjoy – what do you suggest to ‘boost’ the nourishment in this snack?

    Course: Snack Soup

    Share the goodness!

    Category: After School Snacks, Savoury Snacks, Soups Tags: afterschoolsnack, bonebroth, coconutfree, cornfree, dairyfree, eggfree, garlicfree, glutenfree, grainfree, legumefree, lowfructose, lowsugar, lunch, noodles, nutfree, onionfree, savoury, seafoodfree, sesamefree, snack, soup, soyfree, vegan, vegetarian, wheatfree, yeastfree

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    9 Comments

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    1. Anita Josh Patton says

      Just wondering what brand of thermos you use? I have had trouble finding one that keeps food hot enough!

      March 12, 2017
      Reply
      • Georgia Harding says

        I have tried a lot of brands Anita and the best I have found for my kids lunches is the King Thermos (by Thermos). Great design and keeps the food SO hot for a very long time. Hope this helps G x
        https://t.cfjump.com/15188/t/14846?Url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.biome.com.au%2f446-thermos-insulated-food-jars

        March 13, 2017
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    2. Danielle McPharlin says

      My boys love noodles…You could also throw some hemp seeds or dulce flakes into the noodles at the end!

      April 11, 2017
      Reply
      • Georgia Harding says

        Yes, perfect, thanks for the suggestion Danielle x

        April 13, 2017
        Reply
    3. aususacan says

      5 stars
      Fabulous, Thankyou! I have your lunchbox book and breakfast book. My children eat your recipes everyday due to a well stocked freezer! Thankyou for all your helpful, delicious, easy to prep/cook and nutritious recipes.

      February 15, 2018
      Reply
    4. Sarah says

      I’m wondering if you have a brand of brown rice noodles you could recommend?

      July 19, 2018
      Reply
      • Georgia Harding says

        I don’t have any in the pantry at the moment to check brands but I always buy ones with brown rice as the only ingredient and organic if possible. Most health shops have multiple brand options G x

        July 22, 2018
        Reply
    5. Linda says

      5 stars
      Good article . The way how you explain this strategies. Is very professional.

      January 18, 2021
      Reply
      • Georgia Harding says

        Thank you!

        January 21, 2021
        Reply

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