Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, cold eggplant and somen noodle bowl. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cold Eggplant and Somen Noodle Bowl is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Cold Eggplant and Somen Noodle Bowl is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have cold eggplant and somen noodle bowl using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Cold Eggplant and Somen Noodle Bowl:
- Take 4 Eggplant (slim Japanese type)
- Prepare 100 grams Chicken thigh meat
- Take 100 ml ● Mentsuyu
- Prepare 400 ml ● Dashi stock
- Take 1 dash of each ● Salt, sugar
- Make ready 1 tbsp ● Shiro-dashi
- Get 1 Radish sprouts
Instructions to make Cold Eggplant and Somen Noodle Bowl:
- Peel strips of skin off the eggplants in a zebra pattern, and cut into large chunks. Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces.
- Put all the ● ingredients into a pan with the eggplant and chicken. Place a small lid right on top of the ingredients in the pan, and simmer until tender. Leave to cool to room temperature then chill in the refrigerator.
- Cook the somen noodles, drain and rinse well in cold water. Drain again. Put the somen noodles in serving bowls, pour the chilled simmered ingredients over, top with radish sprouts and serve!
Use Food to Boost Your Mood
Most of us have been taught to believe that comfort foods are bad and should be avoided. At times, if your comfort food is candy or some other junk food, this is true. Other times, however, comfort foods can be totally nourishing and it’s good for you to consume them. There are a number of foods that, when you consume them, could improve your mood. When you feel a little down and are in need of an emotional pick-me-up, test out a couple of these.
Eggs, you might be surprised to learn, are great at combating depression. Just be sure that you do not toss the egg yolk. The yolk is the part of the egg that is the most crucial in terms of helping raise your mood. Eggs, the egg yolk particularly, are rich in B vitamins. These B vitamins are great for helping to raise your mood. This is because the B vitamins improve the function of your brain’s neural transmitters (the parts of the brain that tell you how to feel). Eat an egg and feel a lot better!
Put together a trail mix out of seeds and/or nuts. Your mood can be elevated by consuming peanuts, almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, etcetera. This is because seeds and nuts have plenty of magnesium which boosts your brain’s serotonin levels. Serotonin is called the “feel good” chemical and it tells your brain how you should be feeling at all times. The more of this chemical in your brain, the better you’ll feel. Not only that but nuts, specifically, are a great source of protein.
Cold water fish are excellent for eating if you are wanting to beat back depression. Tuna, trout, mackerel, herring and wild salmon are all full of omega-3s and DHA. DHA and omega-3s are two things that really help the grey matter in your brain work a lot better. It’s true: eating a tuna fish sandwich can seriously elevate your mood.
Grains can be great for driving away a bad mood. Quinoa, millet, teff and barley are all really great for helping raise your happiness levels. They fill you up better and that can help you with your moods too. Feeling famished can be terrible! The reason these grains elevate your mood is that they are easy to digest. These foods are easier to digest than others which helps kick start a rise in your glucose levels which in turn takes your mood to a happier place.
Your mood can truly be helped by green tea. You were simply waiting to read that, weren’t you? Green tea is found to be rich in an amino acid called L-theanine. Studies prove that this specific amino acid can essentially stimulate brain waves. This helps sharpen your mental energy while at the same time relaxing the rest of your body. You already knew green tea could help you feel better. Now you know that green tea can improve your mood as well!
Now you can see that junk food isn’t necessarily what you need to eat when you wish to help your moods get better. Try a few of these instead!
