Oh, noodles!

This afternoon, after we got home from trekking in the cold to and from the library, I had an intense craving for Top Ramen. I don't mean authentic ramen soup. I mean Nissin Top Ramen, the kind that used to cost 10 cents or less. I have a long standing love affair with this low cost junk food. Working hard to cut this type of food from my diet (full of all the bad stuff with none of the good stuff) I craved but I didn't cave. I knew I couldn't afford, financially or health wise, to just go buy a few packages from the store. I also knew I had plenty of food in my kitchen that needed to be used.

I think this counts as my first official recipe where I didn't use a recipe and just went with my instinct. And let me tell you, it was good.

Rainy Day Ramen

Ingredients
whole box of Pacific Organic Free Range chicken broth
handful of whole wheat thin spaghetti noodles, broken in half
1 cup cooked, diced/shredded chicken
one egg
kosher salt (to taste)
pepper (to taste)
garlic to taste (I used a tsp of the already chopped kind)
pinch of cumin
one chive stalk, chopped

Directions
Bring chicken broth to a boil, add noodles. Allow noodles to soften, add diced/shredded chicken. Stir. Add salt, pepper, garlic, cumin. Blend. Beat in egg. Allow egg to cook completely. Add chives. Stir.

Serve. Eat.

Seriously, it's delicious. It cured my craving. I am both thrilled that I made something I didn't immediately want to throw away and I have an appropriate substitute for a food that I love but can't justify eating. Next time I would like to add vegetables, and use angelhair or udon noodles instead of spaghetti. For now I think I'll go have another bowl simply because I can.