Good Things Come to Those Who Wait  Have Someone Cook For Them

Over the weekend I was telling my husband I've decided he's spoiled. Don't get me wrong, if someone deserves to be spoiled, he does. But then on further investigation I decided that it's not so much that he's spoiled, it's that he's EASILY spoiled. It takes a lot more to spoil me. I'm a quality over quantity kind of gal, or as my better half so graciously puts it, "an Anderson snob".  Craig's spoiling over the weekend consisted of one of his favorite asian food recipes, cuddling up with a violent movie of his choice (why do men still want to cuddle when they are watching buildings be blown to bits?!), and girl scout cookie ice cream. Oh, and no baby, which means I put her to bed early. For not being very original, it was a fun little at home date night I must say. 

The recipe I am going to share is one I actually made up when we were in Gooding, Idaho last summer. Craig was here for an internship and was living with a bunch of roomates in a normally vacant house (which means it had previous insect and rodent occupants who hadn't actually left! Including a rattle snake I accidentally walked over with my 6 month old). Anyways, Grace and I went down to stay with him for a few days there and I came up with this recipe while pulling together resources from a bunch of bachelor pad boys kitchen supplies (I made a trip to the store). It was a big hit with Craig and his room mate who liked to join us for dinner, and occasionally he requests it still. You start with some fresh ingredients...

A cabbage, or in this case a bag of cabbage, carrots, green onions, other onion leftovers, mushrooms,  cilantro, fresh ginger, and rice noodles. (we like the thick ones)

This is the sauce I used. I know I know, I am giving you a recipe with a pre-fab sauce, but this is a good one, and you don't need much!

Chop it all up and add some minced garlic...

saute in a little olive oil... 

Slowly add in everything else...

I've always used shrimp in this recipe in the past, and  Craig and I both agreed
 it is better with shrimp, however, Wal Mart sold me some
BEASTLY stuff in the way of shrimp,
so I cooked up a couple chicken breasts instead.

When everything is in the pan except the noodles,
add some seasoning, and your sauce
and simmer for a few more minutes
while you prepare the noodles.

 

Here is the finished product before the noodles

Rice noodles are super easy. 

You just stick them in a bowl and 

pour boiling water over them...

Like so...

Then just let them sit, with  a lid on top until they are cooked through. 

Now for the finale!

Add them to the veggies and you're done!

 I served these it with egg rolls,
and it was pretty awesome.
Also, that is sweet and sour sauce,
not ketchup I promise.

I was only going to post 1 picture of the satisfied husband, 

but every time I delete one, 

all of the photos disappear. Blogger is so 

weird sometimes I swear!

Anyways, over all it was

 a really yummy dinner.

 It's way better than ordered Chinese 

 and yet it satisfies the 

same craving...if that makes sense.

Happy Cooking!