I’m not a very big noodle fan. As a student, I ate a lot of two-minute noodles and that has put me off for life. 

My mother on the other hand seems to like this stuff. While trolling through the market earlier this week, I bought a couple of bags of Thai noodles. It’s thicker than the two-minute noodles but what’s great is the sauce in the packet. It’s so strong. There’s also another little packet with sesame seeds and some onion shavings. 

Naturally, I wanted to add more nutrition to this meal. So I chopped in some mushrooms into half of the leftover boiling water, I added the oily sauce in there, dropped in some pea protein powder, and then poured it over the noodles. The best. 

Ingredients

Two packets of noodles

2 cups mushrooms, sliced

2 tbsp pea protein powder

fresh spring onion

Method

1. Bring water to a rolling boil.

2. Drop noodles in there for 3-4 minutes.

3. Strain over a bowl and keep the water.

4. Add 1/4 of the water back into the pot. About 500 ml.

5. Boil mushrooms and whatever spice is in the packet for about 5 minutes.

6. Add pea protein powder and give it a good stir until it’s smooth.

7. Pour over the noodles and with a scissor cut sprigs of fresh spring onion over your dish. If you’ve got sesame seeds or onion shavings, you can add that for an extra crunch.