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How to make ramen at home with spaghetti noodles<\/p>\n
With just one surprising pantry staple, you can turn spaghetti noodles into a ramen-worthy dish in minutes.<\/p>\n
Kids are heading back to school, and life is getting hectic at home. So it\u2019s time to be strategic about preparing healthful lunches for your kids \u2014 and yourself. Today\u2019s Asian Noodle Bowls make a great lunch that can be prepared ahead of time, and they break the boredom associated with opening a lunch box containing a sandwich and piece of fruit.<\/p>\n
We love this recipe because each bowl provides a cup of vegetables. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that people eat 2\u00bd cups (or five servings) of vegetables each day. So in just one meal, you\u2019ve almost reached the halfway point.<\/p>\n
The vegetables and the whole-wheat spaghetti used at the bottom of the bowl offer lots of benefits. In one bowl, you\u2019ll get about one-third of your daily fiber requirements, and you’ll stay full through the afternoon. For color and crunch, there are carrots, red cabbage and zucchini. Convenient canned chickpeas are a great source of plant-based protein.<\/p>\n
To manage sodium intake, remember to drain and rinse the chickpeas. Instead of using soy sauce, which contains about 280 milligrams of sodium per teaspoon, we\u2019re using coconut aminos with about 90 milligrams of sodium per teaspoon.<\/p>\n
Coconut aminos are made by naturally aging the flower blossoms from coconut palm trees. Then the sap is combined with a little sea salt, producing a savory and mildly salty flavor. Coconut aminos are gluten-free and soy-free, so this vegan recipe is useful for people with common allergies. However, if you\u2019re concerned about allergic reactions to tree nuts, simply use sunflower butter instead of almond butter.<\/p>\n
After you\u2019ve prepared these bowls, they will stay fresh in the refrigerator for about three days. If you\u2019re using a bento lunch box with compartments for holding other foods, include some grapes, low-fat yogurt or other healthful choices.<\/p>\n
Bethany Thayer is a registered dietitian nutritionist with Henry Ford Health. For more recipes and health information, visit henryford.com\/blog. For questions about today’s recipe, email HenryFordLiveWell@hfhs.org.<\/p>\n
Make-Ahead Asian Noodle Bowls<\/p>\n
Makes: <\/strong>4 servings\/ Prep time:\u00a0<\/strong> 20 minutes \/ Total time:<\/strong> 30 minutes<\/p>\n 8 ounces whole-wheat spaghetti, cooked, cooled and drained<\/p>\n 1 cup shredded carrots<\/p>\n 1 cup canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed<\/p>\n 1 cup shredded red cabbage<\/p>\n 1 cup spiralized zucchini<\/p>\n 1 cup chopped green onion<\/p>\n \u00bc cup almond butter<\/p>\n 1 clove garlic, minced<\/p>\n 2 tablespoons rice vinegar<\/p>\n 1 teaspoon sesame oil<\/p>\n 2 tablespoons coconut aminos<\/p>\n 2 tablespoons lime juice<\/p>\n \u00bd teaspoon red pepper flakes<\/p>\n \u00bd cup warm water<\/p>\n Divide pasta and vegetables evenly among 4 meal prep containers. In a jar or salad dressing shaker, stir together almond butter, garlic, rice vinegar, sesame oil, coconut aminos, lime juice and red pepper flakes. Add warm water until sauce reaches desired consistency. Drizzle sauce over pasta and vegetables in each container. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.<\/p>\n From Henry Ford Health<\/p>\n 280\u00a0calories<\/strong>\u00a0(38% from\u00a0fat<\/strong>), 12 grams\u00a0fat<\/strong>\u00a0(1 gram\u00a0sat. fat<\/strong>), 37 grams\u00a0carbohydrates<\/strong>, 11 grams\u00a0protein<\/strong>, 406 mg\u00a0sodium<\/strong>, 0 mg\u00a0cholesterol<\/strong>, 119 mg\u00a0calcium<\/strong>, 8 grams\u00a0fiber<\/strong>.\u00a0Food exchanges:<\/strong>\u00a02 starch, 2 vegetable, 2 \u00bd fat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How to make ramen at home with spaghetti noodles With just one surprising pantry staple, you can turn…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":188612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[647,931,33801,105571,17382,80098,16229,1265,2509,9447,990,40228,9649,210,57470,6330,26196,105569,89839,105570,11090,85397,11652,425,993,40848,50,1182,450,1457,1451,16577,443,646,67,132,68,1930],"class_list":{"0":"post-188611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-affiliate","9":"tag-and","10":"tag-asian","11":"tag-asian-recipes","12":"tag-cooking","13":"tag-cooking-u0026-recipes","14":"tag-cuisines","15":"tag-diet","16":"tag-diet-and-nutrition","17":"tag-eating","18":"tag-food","19":"tag-foods","20":"tag-ford","21":"tag-health","22":"tag-healthy","23":"tag-healthy-eating","24":"tag-healthy-foods","25":"tag-healthy-recipes","26":"tag-henry","27":"tag-henry-ford-health-system","28":"tag-holiday","29":"tag-holiday-marketplace-hub","30":"tag-hub","31":"tag-local","32":"tag-local-affiliate-food","33":"tag-marketplace","34":"tag-news","35":"tag-nutrition","36":"tag-overall","37":"tag-overall-positive","38":"tag-positive","39":"tag-recipes","40":"tag-system","41":"tag-u0026","42":"tag-united-states","43":"tag-unitedstates","44":"tag-us","45":"tag-vegetables"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}