Aside from planning for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, my October also involved other more spontaneous acts of CAS regarding creativity and activity.
As usual, I treat cooking as my de-stress activity. On a school night, with a friend coming over to chat/work on college apps, I offered to cook some noodles for dinner. Missing the flavor of my grandma’s recipe, I craved soup noodles but did not know how exactly should I cook it. Just like that, there goes my creative attempt to recreate my grandmother’s recipe. I consider it as creative since I attempted to recreate a nostalgic dish with my own method. As shown in the photo below, I also (tried to) did some plating to make the dish look more appetizing. If you would like to try, I attached my recipe below!
RECIPE FOR TWO
Ingredients
- frozen shrimp (from Costco)
- 1/2 of a cabbage
- some baby corns
- 1 box of supermarket sliced pork (around 8 to 10 per box)
- two bundles of Asian noodles
- 2L of water
- [optional] ほんだし®/烹大師 Ajinomoto / Katsuobushi powder
Steps
- Prepare a pot or a wok. Add water until 80% full.
- Boil the water. Meanwhile, chop down the cabbage and wash each leaf thoroughly. Rinse the baby corns as well.
- After the water is boiled, add the cabbage and baby corns. Put a lid on and cook for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Once the cabbage is cooked, add two teaspoons of salt into the soup. (Alternatively, add one teaspoon of salt and one teaspoon of 烹大師 Ajinomoto/Katsuobushi powder.)
- Place the cabbage and the baby corns in a deep bowl first. Then put the two bundles of noodles into the soup to cook.
- Depending on the brand, cook the noodles for 3~7 minutes. Around 1~2 minutes before the designated time, cook the shrimp and sliced pork.
- After the time is up, check to see if all ingredients are thoroughly cooked. Place the noodles, pork, and shrimp into the bowl. Then pour the soup.
- Enjoy!
Besides cooking, I also went out to stay active amidst the busy schedule. On a CAS Friday, a few friends (Claudia, Thais, Rita, & Agnes) and I went out to play soccer. Although we are all unskilled players, it was still fun to run around and get some fresh air, especially during a highly stressful time like this. Staying active makes you physically tired, but because of that exact reason, I feel cleansed and relieved with all my stress evaporating with my sweat.
After this experience, I think it is time for me to restart my running habit on Friday nights.