HEALTHY(..er) RAMEN

So, I'm a college kid. I try to eat healthy on a budget, however it is pretty hard. Especially when unhealthy foods are so gosh darn yummy, cheap, and easy to prepare. Recently I've been looking up ways to make one of my staple foods (Ramen...typical college kid right?) a bit healthier.

The main problem I have with Ramen is all that sodium in the seasoning packet. But, by adding some spices and other goodies you can either completely subtract, or at least heavily reduce, the amount of seasoning packet you use.

Here is one of my concoctions:

This is super easy, and pretty inexpensive to make. Adding the vegetables also fills you up, so you feel like you're having a full meal instead of a snack (which Ramen often is for me...)

Here's what I did:

1) Put noodles, about 1 1/2-2 cups of water, pieces of kale (and/or spinach- however much is up to you- just remember when the leafy greens cook down they become smaller, so it's ok if at first your bowl looks overtaken by them!) and 3-4 chopped up baby bella mushrooms in a big ol' bowl.

2) Put in the microwave for 4 1/2 minutes. You can do this over a stove too, however the microwave requires less dishes to clean :)

3) Carefully remove the bowl. Scoop in 2-3 tablespoons of nutritional yeast flakes, which you can find at health and vitamin stores.

4) If you want, add about 1/4 of the seasoning packet from the Ramen package. You can also use liquid aminos, which would be even lower in sodium. A good addition is also italian seasoning, and cracked pepper. The possibilities are endless! 

The great thing about this is that you can experiment without wasting food that you've spent a lot of money on. 

Thanks for reading!

~Beth