Merkuri
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I always take my lunch to work, and on days when I don't have enough time to prep in the morning or am out of ingredients for a normal lunch I take one of my "emergency noodles", which is my name for a store-bought kit that contains a bowl, pre-cooked noodles, and sauce or broth flavoring (depending on whether it's just noodles or soup). You add water, mix it all up, and heat it in a microwave (or use boiled water).
It's pretty good as far as taste goes, and throwing it together doesn't take that long, but my fiance and I have been trying to save money on groceries lately and I've noticed that the "emergency noodles" I've been buying cost about five dollars a bowl. Even though I only use it once a week on average, that's still a bit much, especially when I could buy a package of six ramen noodles for a buck fifty.
My dilemma is that I don't really like the flavors that come with ramen. I used to, but having gone through a period in college where I ate almost nothing but ramen noodles for a couple years has completely worn the liking for ramen out of me. I don't think its the noodles themselves that I've grown un-fond of, just the flavor packet, which is really too salty for a healthy lunch anyway.
So what I'm looking for is if anyone has any simple recipes of things to do with ramen noodles that doesn't involve the flavor packet or a stove - just a microwave and/or boiled water. I'm imagining that I could make my own "kit" by taking a ramen packet, a bowl, and a little baggy of my own pre-mixed spices or something like that.
So, any suggestions? What spices do you think would make a good ramen soup? Any other ingredients that would be easy to toss together in the morning before work?
It's pretty good as far as taste goes, and throwing it together doesn't take that long, but my fiance and I have been trying to save money on groceries lately and I've noticed that the "emergency noodles" I've been buying cost about five dollars a bowl. Even though I only use it once a week on average, that's still a bit much, especially when I could buy a package of six ramen noodles for a buck fifty.
My dilemma is that I don't really like the flavors that come with ramen. I used to, but having gone through a period in college where I ate almost nothing but ramen noodles for a couple years has completely worn the liking for ramen out of me. I don't think its the noodles themselves that I've grown un-fond of, just the flavor packet, which is really too salty for a healthy lunch anyway.
So what I'm looking for is if anyone has any simple recipes of things to do with ramen noodles that doesn't involve the flavor packet or a stove - just a microwave and/or boiled water. I'm imagining that I could make my own "kit" by taking a ramen packet, a bowl, and a little baggy of my own pre-mixed spices or something like that.
So, any suggestions? What spices do you think would make a good ramen soup? Any other ingredients that would be easy to toss together in the morning before work?