Sometimes, I can cook. Part II

"Procrastination Thai Noodle Soup"

To be honest, this is a spin off of something my dad made. It all starts with College Inn chicken stock base-- they have a flavor that's thai curry and it's fabulous. IN FACT if you're the type that hates cooking or is low on ingredients and spices, you don't need much other than the base stock. It stands well on its own.

But here's what I did.

1 carton of the College Inn Stock Thai Curry Flavor. (you could use regular chix stock (or possibly veggie stock...i dunno about veggie stock though) and just spice it up, but that's for you to experiment with)

1 cup (to taste, could mean more or less) of Coconut milk

1/4-1/2 of an onion (chopped)

Spices! (i have no idea what I used other than Tumeric and Cumin, there were definately 2 other spices i put in, but...we don't label our spices we go by smell...of course this is all to taste)
A bit of crushed red pepper flakes

A bit of water

Noodles (Ok, here was my dillema. Technically the really really thin rice noodles would be best for this dish. HOWEVER, as a diabetic I took one look at the carbs (88g per serving, which I'm sure was a monsterous serving, but still) and went for v.v.very fine pasta. The choice is yours.


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cook your onions in a bit of oil in your soup pot. I left mine a little crunchy coz I like the bite.

Add the stock (entire carton), give a stir, add a little h20 to taste. (I find the broth to be a little too salty out of the carton, nothing a little water can't cure)

Add your spices, stir, add your coconut milk. Again to taste. if you like it less creamy, less coco-milk, more creamy more coco-milk. I went more generous on the coconut milk.

Simmer simmer over low heat.

In the meantime, cook your noodles according to the package. Or if your package like mine doesn't HAVE directions (or cooking times) WING IT.


once cooked, add your noodles and enjoy~

Perfect for a cold day. the spicy soup warms you up inside and out~!


This, is what i did instead of studying. Now I need to find out how to bring this for dinner.

Ps: would it be totally weird if i packed it in a water bottle? lol