Healthy noodles?

runswithascript

So it's batch cook day, and there are some really nice stir fry recipes on BBC Good Food with noodles. I know I can just use brown rice, but it would be nice to have noodles, if there is a healthy type. Perhaps some kind of brown rice noodle? Would I be able to pick this up in Dunnes, Tesco, or Lidl later?

I do not believe having noodles every now and then is a bad thing, but as I batch cook I will be eating what I make for the next week, so I would rather make it as healthy as possible!

Alf Veedersane

There's nothing inherently unhealthy about noodles even if you have them every day. The benefits of brown rice noodles, if they existed, would be marginal.

You could use sprliralised courgette (not sure if this is what they call 'courgetti').

But if having noodles every day is your biggest concern then your diet is pretty good.

KKkitty

I use the nest of noodles and find them to be quite filling so you could try them. You get quite a lot of noodles per nest and they're not too expensive either.

closifer

Konjac noodles are great in things like broths and have a ridiculously low calorie count

GingerLily

They sell nests of whole wheat egg noodles in most supermarkets.

There the other kinds of whole wheat noodle - soba, buckwheat, that are nice if you can find them.

I prefer thick rice noodles which aren't extremely healthy but so tasty

I saw low calorie rice noodles in supervalu if that's any help. tesco as well

Macy0161

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

You could use sprliralised courgette (not sure if this is what they call 'courgetti').

Lidl had a couple of spiriliser things in my local store over the weekend. I think they were in last Thursday's specials, circa €20-25 I think

I've no idea if they're any good, and never used any spiriliser, as has been said I came to the conclusion they weren't worth the hassle for that element of a meal and would just end up in the press with the rest of my "great idea" gadgets!

Dial Hard

Macy0161 wrote:

I've no idea if they're any good, and never used any spiriliser, as has been said I came to the conclusion they weren't worth the hassle for that element of a meal and would just end up in the press with the rest of my "great idea" gadgets!

You can get much, much smaller ones than that. JML do a hand-held one that you just stick the courgette into and pare it like a pencil.

Mind you, Lidl and Aldi also do pre-spiralised courgetti for anyone who couldn't be arsed spiralising their own. Sometimes I'm lazy and just buy that.

sbsquarepants

Dial Hard wrote: »

JML do a hand-held one that you just stick the courgette into and pare it like a pencil.

Everything, and I do mean everything, that has JML written on it is a piece of shít!

Dial Hard

sbsquarepants wrote:

Everything, and I do mean everything, that has JML written on it is a piece of shít!

Well we've had this one for well over a year now and it's still going grand. Cost about 7 quid so it was never going to be the end of the world if it was crap.