Peanut Butter Ramen Noodles

Take ramen noodles from plain to packed with flavor with just a few ingredients! I have always loved noodles in a peanut butter sauce but never realized it could be so easily made at home! This recipe is awesome because it's full of protein from the peanut butter, super easy to make, really low on ingredients, and cheap! What could be better?

The original recipe can be found here, but as per usual, I have tweaked it ever so slightly to make it my own. It consists of...
- ramen noodles
- peanut butter
- soy sauce
- siracha chili sauce
- green onions
- peanuts

How to make it:
1. Follow the instructions on your ramen package to cook the noodles. Mine said to cook them in boiled water on max for 3 minutes and drain.
2. Mix 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of peanut butter and 1 teaspoon of siracha chili sauce (or all ingredients to taste) into the noodles.
3. Garnish with thinly sliced green onion and peanuts.

Try stir-frying your noodles with some vegetables!

Easy Pad Thai

After what feels like forever I've finally tried another new recipe! This was yet another dual effort by Ellie and I, and comes from "The Great Weeknight Cookbook". The recipe actually called for chicken but we opted for a veggie version to make it even simpler. While I can't quite compare this Pad Thai recipe to any Thai restaurant, for a quick and easy at-home recipe it wasn't half bad. A+ for presentation tho!

This recipe consisted of...
- dried medium rice noodles
- canola oil
- garlic
- onion
- Thai chili pepper
- an egg
- bean sprouts
- yellow pepper (not in the original recipe but we added it instead of chicken)
- soy sauce
- fish sauce
- lime juice
- crushed chili flakes
- chives
- roasted peanuts

How to make this:
1. Soak noodles in a bowl of hot water for about 20 minutes (or according to time on the package), drain when finished.
2. While noodles are soaking, chop up your onion, garlic, chili pepper (be sure to remove the seeds- and DO NOT touch them and then touch your eyes, wash your hands immediately after!) and yellow pepper. Sautee in a wok or frying pan with canola oil.
3. Beat your egg, push veggies to one side of the pan and scramble the eggs.
4. Once noodles are ready, add to the pan with bean sprouts, soy sauce, fish sauce and lime juice to taste. Stir-fry everything together.
5. Remove from heat and finish off with chili flakes, chives and peanuts.