Noodles Pasta | 6 Pack

So here’s my story. I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes 12 yrs ago. As a restauranteur (40 yrs recently retired) it was a challenge to stay on point taking care of myself, food being my Achilles heel. Over time I tried everything I came across to mimic or recapture tastes and textures I love that I really can’t have without a price. I have tried so many things to recapture the taste/feel etc of my beloved noodles. Pasta, Cellophane, Ramen … you get the idea. I’ve spent hundreds of $ buying every product, trying every recipe I could find with unfortunately miserable results. There seemed to be nothing that wasn’t a disappointment. They smelt bad, were mushy or had an unpleasant aftertaste. Then the cravings would take over so I’d rationalize, have a meal or 2 or more and the BG police would show up. (Diabetics will get that.) After hours on Amazon searching, checking stars and reading reviews, buying products, and filling my garbage bags I stumbled upon Konjac noodles. The ratings were in the usual zone of most like them but… like - Not for me, no taste, packaging problems, to expensive… But their were the others and the pictures that resembled almost a ramen cellophane noodle and here I go again $. I returned from the gym starving and the box was sitting by the door. I grabbed it read everything and realized all I really had was a little bit of a lot of stuff. I had a can of low salt stewed tomatoes, 2 older green onions, a handful of spinach, and about 6 mushrooms , and couple of day old chunks of a steak dinner. Into the sauté pan with you all. A bit of butter, olive oil, garlic, seasonings and spices with the last teaspoon of a tube of tomato paste squeezed out with a wood spoon handle. Rinse the noodles 3 times in warm water, shake the water out, toss in another pan with a tad of evvo to temp and combine. Taste buds drum roll, thinking how I’m gonna eat the sauce from around the noodles when I don’t like them and BAM! Did I just like them? Wait, what, again, and again and again. Their not mushy, they don’t smell, their kind of wait, their al dente. Holy smokes did I just find something I’ve been looking for for 12 years? A darn sure did and I enjoyed the heck out of them. Are they a perfect substitute. Nope, they don’t really have any particular flavor. But that’s ok. They also don’t absorb the liquid around them but maybe if I sauté them a bit more or ensure my sauces are thicker, who cares. I really like them. And then the options start rolling through my mind. Ramen soup, stir fry, pad woon zen, scampi… The price isn’t low, but I’ll deal with that. Just look at that nutritional information, my diabetes monster can just shut the hell up. I’ve found something I really enjoyed and that’s enough for me. If you try them I hope they work out as well for you as they did for me. - Cheers! Oh and I just found a recipe for Crazy Keto Dough, wish me luck!