Fast forward to this weekend. I picked up something new to try in the noodle arena because I thought I'd give making pasta another try. This time I bought Kelp Noodles. These are made solely of Kelp and salt extracted from Seaweed. They are virtually calorie free (6 calories per serving, 18 in the whole bag). They are very easy to use and don't require any cooking. All you have to do is take them out of the bag and rinse them. If you have any left you are supposed to store them in water.
I decided to try these with pesto sauce, so I will include my recipe for that too.
Here they are before:
Here is my pesto recipe that I used to add to my clear Kelp Noodles...
Delicious Pesto Sauce
Very simple: Blend together 4 cups of basil (you can also use parsley or arugula or a mixture), 1 cup of olive oil, 1/2 cup of toasted pine nuts (you can also use walnuts), 1/2 cup of grated parmesan cheese, 1-2 cloves of garlic and salt and pepper to taste. Voila! You have your pesto. :)
After rinsing the noodles, add your pesto sauce. Enjoy! The noodles were pretty tasteless and didn't impart any weird taste, so I think they are good to enjoy with any sauce.
Note: One thing that's a bit different about these noodles is that they are slightly crunchy. I'm kind of weird about textures, so I'm not sure I will use these as a pasta alternative in the future. Because even though they were great and perfectly fine, I couldn't get over the idea of crunchy pasta. But I will definitely use them in soups and salads where a little crunch is possibly expected. :)
I like your pesto recipe. I'll have to try the noodles
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