Lefties

So the lettuce wraps were such a hit that lefties turned out to be one cabbage wrap leaf and two handfuls of meat mixture which would be enough for Alex but leave me starving, no thanks. It was a late dinner and the last thing I wanted to do was think/cook. So I looked at the cup and a half of meat mixture and one lonely cabbage wrap leaf and decided I would turn this into Lo-mien.

Recently I picked up some SOBA Japanese Buckwheat noodles from the Asian Market (they have them at Harris teeter but in the asian market for about 1/4 of the price) and have been hooked on them(more recipes to come.) Buckwheat is much better for you and don't leave that heavy feeling in your stomach.

A little health blurb about Buckwheat noodles compliments of Google: Buckwheat is a gluten-free grain that contains no wheat, Soba noodles because of their buckwheat content are a slow-releasing carb. aka skinny girl. full boyfriend.

Just like any other noodle, go ahead and boil them in water for about 7-10 mins the drain the pasta water. Back in the same noodle boiling pot add in your meat mixture leftovers and tear up any left over cabbage wrap leaves add the noodles back in, stir around for about 3-5 mins adding soy sauce/hot sauce anything to liven up the noodles/meat. Then......... you EAT!

PS. You could also make a 'fried-rice' with the leftovers, make some minute brown rice (my Persian mother is probably appalled at my reference to microwaved minute rice) and stir that up with the leftover meat content and soy sauce , etc.