I often turn to spaghetti when I don’t have much time or energy to prepare a meal. It’s tasty, easy to cook, and there’s so much you can do with those skinny little strands. For dinner last night, I cooked up some Asian deliciousness in the form of Lo Mein. The whole dinner came together in less than 20 minutes!
Rachael Ray, eat your heart out.
Lo Mein a la Katie
If you remember my “Betty Spaghetti” post, then you know my pasta dishes are anything but gourmet. If that doesn’t scare you, keep reading. The method to my madness:
- Cook up a serving of pasta, then drain it.
- Add a few tbsp teriyaki sauce, ponzu sauce, or Worcestershire sauce to the pot (I used about a tablespoon of Worcestershire this time).
- Mix it all up, then add lots of steamed/cooked veggies (lazy me added frozen ones).
- Feel free to add some ginger and coriander if desired. (If I had any in my small college kitchen, I would’ve added them!)
- Mix it up again, then let it “marinate” for a while, so the flavors blend (mine sat for around three hours).
- When you’re ready to eat, heat it up again, either in the pot or in the microwave. Chopsticks are essential ;).
As I said, it’s not gourmet. But I never proclaimed to be Julia Child!
VeganCowGirl says
Running in the mud is horrid, horrid, horrid. Squishy shoesssss.
Your lo mein looks yum yum. Have a great week at school Katie!
Vegan_Noodle says
HAve things dried up in Dallas? It’s gorgeous today in Houston!
Your lo mein sounds delicious! I never thought to use worcestershire sauce on paste!
Alice (in Veganland) says
Fight the mud! 🙂
I love how you eat veggies with everything! (and I use frozen veggies sometimes too, shhhh)
ChocolateCoveredVegan says
Andrea—
Yup, I’m the same way! My freezer is much more jam-packed than my fridge, thanks to my penchant for cooking up (and then freezing) large amounts of food at a time. I only wish they made a fridge-freezer combo where the freezer was bigger than the fridge.
Andrea says
hahaha i totally agree! i feel bad for my 3 other roommates because my food takes up almost half the freezer. but at least i did give them plenty of room in the fridge 😉
Happy Herbivore! says
I havent had lo mein in years and now i have a reason to make it – i am so excited!
anon says
Hi, I know this is random… but it’s “à la Katie”
😀
From a French student who is picky about grammar.
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
LOL I am super-picky about grammar too. I even have the perfect SAT scores to prove it. Lucky for me, huh, that this wasn’t a question on there? 😉 Thanks for enlightening me. (If you can’t tell from my tone, I’m not being sarcastic; I really mean it. I love learning new things.)
Picky Nicky says
Wow, I never thought about letting my food sit purposely! If you say it makes food taste better, you bet I’ll be trying it 😀 Love your recipes and techniques, always!!
-Nicky
Veronica says
Is there a vegan Worcestershire?
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Yes ma’am! I like “Wizard’s” but Annie’s also makes one :). And I think Whole Foods has their own brand.
Veronica says
Cool! I was not aware. I love that there are so many vegan substitutes now. Out of curiosity, have you found a good vegan cheese substitute. I only tried a parmesan sub a long time ago and it was pretty terrible.
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
A lot of people say Daiya is really good :).
Sabrina says
Wow, that pretty much looks like my lo mein..expect that I call it sho mein 😛 and I didn’t know that vegan Worcertershire sauce existed :O