Should I be jealous that my mom’s dog is getting along so well with hubby?
He’s an in-your-face chihuahua and no one is safe sitting in lap-jumping distance. And he likes french kissing. On second thought, I’m glad he prefers hubby.
But I did try to re-ignite my lukewarm relationship with kelp noodles for dinner. In the past, I’ve found them too crunchy and lacking in flavor raw, but wanted to give them another go after seeing some fabulous recipes including them. This time around I tried soaking them for 30 minutes in room temperature water to soften them.
Then thoroughly rinsed the noodles.
Since I didn’t actually have all the ingredients for any of the recipes I bookmarked, I decided to get experimental to use up some jicama.
Sweet Jicama Sauce
- 1 cup chopped jicama
- 2 tbsp. agave nectar
- 3 tbsp. white miso
- 1/4 cup shelled hemp seeds
- juice of 1/2 lemon
- 2 tbsp. ground flax seeds
- 1/2 cup water
Place all ingredients into a high speed blender and blend to a creamy texture. Makes 2 servings.
I poured the sauce over the kelp noodles, chopped pepper, sliced zucchini, and sliced carrots.
And enjoyed topped with a little cracked pepper.
Soaking the kelp noodles made a world of difference in the texture, they were much more enjoyable for me. And coating them with a creamier sauce helped the texture a lot. I’m glad because kelp noodles are a nice, cool summer dish packing only 6 calories per serving … only 6! And they’re very filling for such a small number.
The sauce was mildly sweet with a slight salty kick from the miso and much creamier than I would have expected for jicama being the base.
Have you ever tried kelp noodles? What’s your favorite way to enjoy them?
That looks really good! I am not a fan of kelp noodles, the texture gets me, but the sauce and the jicama look great. And I could always do zuke noods, instead.
Happy hump day :)
I love kelp noodles :-) Hope you had a good fourth!
Nice recipe! I have kelp noodles in my cupboard..haven’t touched them! LOL I also have sea spaghetti (can you say “impulse buy” after a cooking class?) I’ve bookmarked your recipe!
I had kelp noodles for the first time a couple weeks ago at Planet Raw in Santa Monica. They had a cheesy alfredo sauce made out of cashews, nutritional yeast, rosemary, etc….that was amazing! The noodles seemed just like regular pasta in that dish—the creaminess probably helped. I promptly bought kelp noodles and looked up the recipe…I plan to make it either today or tomorrow—I’m definitely going to follow your tip of soaking the noodles first!
The noodles are good, they reminded me of a Thai glass noodle dish here. But soaking makes a huge difference!
too cute! your hubs and mom’s dog……and the noodles look delish too!
I’ve never had kelp noodles and to be honest, I’d be way too scared to try them! :)
They’re good with a very mild flavor that’s versatile. Also a great low-cal alternative to pasta and not slimy or weird tasting. Try them … just soak them in water for 30 minutes first. :-) I’ve also heard they stir fry well, maybe I’ll try that next.