A little less meat - a little more action!

So for those of you that don’t know, this week is National Vegetarian Week and I’m taking the vegetarian week challenge!

After a slow start on Monday (I totally forgot that it was Vegetarian Week and put chicken in my salad for lunch - whoops!) things are going really well, in fact, I didn’t realise how little meat I actually eat.

Being a little lazy I ate leftover quiche for dinner on Monday and last night I made a yummy soba noodle salad with steamed greens… It was dead simple (thanks Nigella) and I thought you may like to try it out!

You’ll need:

1. soba noodles (this is like Japanese spaghetti but made of buckwheat)
2. rice wine vinegar
3. soy sauce
4. sesame oil
5. sesame seeds (brown these off if you’re feeling energetic)
6. mixed vegetables (I used bok choy and baby broccoli)

Boil some water in a pan and add your soba noodles. In a separate bowl add the sesame seeds,  vinegar, soy sauce and sesame oil (I use one tsp of oil to every tbsp of vinegar and soy – 1 tbsp of soy + 1 tbsp of vinegar = 1 tsp of oil).

Strain the noodles and stir them through the wet ingredients (Nigella recommends that you leave them to cool for about an hour or so…) I love to eat them warm with a side of steamed vegetables.

I also made enough that I’ve got leftovers for lunch today – go me!

For those of you that feel like having a break from meat – check out the National Vegetarian Week website… they have some great recipe ideas!

I can’t wait to try the chickpea and sweet potato koftas – let me know if you try any of the recipes, how they went and what you thought!

Happy eating!

SQ