Day 15 - Cooking at Work

If it's in the bowl and you eat with chopsticks, it's Ramen

Today is the halfway point. I go from being sick of Ramen to looking forward to it every day. My tongue feels worn out from the salt so I am hoping the fresh broth and better noodles create an improvement there. I still have a hard time drinking enough water. I have lost some inches. I never weighed myself so I don't know if weight has gone away, but my belt loop is one hole shorter so that is one positive to take away from this whole crazy experience. I have also realized it takes very little time to prep and eat fresh food from home. Eating at work is saving me money and giving me an excuse to write on this blog daily.

Boiled noodles in the microwave then drained

Today for lunch I brought some Japanese soba noodles. I had to boil them in the microwave then drain and rinse. I wished that I had a colander but I made due. Then I cooked the broth I got at Trader Joe's with a bunch of veggies and some vegan beef.

Steamed in broth

 It was so good. I can't wait to eat this again later tonight for dinner. These noodles were very delicious and had a great texture. This weekend while shopping at the 99 Ranch Market I also bought some comically large chopsticks and ate with those. They worked much better than I thought so I washed them and plan to use them at work to eat for the rest of the time.

Giant chopsticks

I made pretty much the same thing for dinner that I had for lunch. I also made my wife some Thai eggplant with red curry sauce and rice. It smelled so good. My daughter hates this for some reason so I had to microwave her something else. Making three meals is a little time consuming and when I make something that tastes this good I wish the Ramen thing was over.

Thai eggplant with red curry sauce and rice

So good!

The noodles pictured above were very good though and once I started eating them I didn't feel so bad that I missed out on Thai food.

There's noodles under there I swear

I checked on the sodium in these noodles and the miso ginger broth I am using from Trader Joe's and the noodles look pretty good but the broth is still loaded with sodium.

Noodles look good

I am not sure there is a way around all the salt when it comes to this food. I am making some fresh broth in a few days for dinner and my whole family is eating Ramen. I think when I make that broth it will be lower in sodium than this other broth I've been eating.

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