Healthy Noodles

In Selfridges' Food for Thought section, I found these amazing noodles! Zero Noodles! I am not going to lie, I love pasta but the love handles that come with it, not so much. Especially with wedding dress fittings planned. So I am extremely excited with this alternative! I tried them out for lunch today and prepared myself a stir-fry with these noodles, spinach and string beans as well as too boiled eggs and a dash of soy sauce- simple yet very tasty and healthy! 

Lunch! Zero noodles with spinach, string beans and egg

These noodles consist mostly of water actually (96%), the other main ingredient is Konnyaku (or Konjac) Glucomannan Flour (3.8%). I researched a bit what these noodles were, are they seemed too good to be true and I found this funny article about them: The Shambulance: Zero-Calorie Noodles? by Elizabeth Preston who is the editor of MUSE, a kids'science magazine and also writes her own blog Inkfish on various scientific subjects. 

The main take-away of my short research is that it is a vegan product made from mostly water and flour originating from the root of  the Konjac plant which is grown mostly in Asia. The calories are negligible and also the taste is almost absent but that's ok if you use the noodles in a miso broth or you add soy sauce to your dish. I'll definitely prepare them again!