I haven't been feeling all that strong lately. In fact, if I'm being truly honest, I've felt weak and unable to face the world and its challenges.
My health has been fine (thankfully) but I've taken a few emotional knocks and as a result, I've lost some of my zest for life. I've retreated into myself as I redefine who I am and what I want from what I know (deep down) is a wonderful world of opportunity all around me.
I turn to comfort food when I feel like this. Not comfort food as in chocolate; comfort food as in a bowl* of something nourishing that truly gives my body what it needs. Knowing that my physical body is being looked after allows me to divert my energies to improving my emotional and mental health.
This is food that makes me better.
Soba noodles with grilled salmon and spring onions in a ginger broth
Broth ingredients: (this will make much more than you need for one serving but lasts well for a few days in the fridge and freezes well too)
4 tablespoons freshly minced ginger
3 medium sized cloves of garlic, very finely chopped
2 litres of water or vegetable stock
3 to 4 tablespoons of soy sauce
Other ingredients:
150g fillet of salmon per person
3 spring onions
50g soba noodles per person
1/4 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
My health has been fine (thankfully) but I've taken a few emotional knocks and as a result, I've lost some of my zest for life. I've retreated into myself as I redefine who I am and what I want from what I know (deep down) is a wonderful world of opportunity all around me.
I turn to comfort food when I feel like this. Not comfort food as in chocolate; comfort food as in a bowl* of something nourishing that truly gives my body what it needs. Knowing that my physical body is being looked after allows me to divert my energies to improving my emotional and mental health.
This is food that makes me better.
Soba noodles with grilled salmon and spring onions in a ginger broth
Broth ingredients: (this will make much more than you need for one serving but lasts well for a few days in the fridge and freezes well too)
4 tablespoons freshly minced ginger
3 medium sized cloves of garlic, very finely chopped
2 litres of water or vegetable stock
3 to 4 tablespoons of soy sauce
Other ingredients:
150g fillet of salmon per person
3 spring onions
50g soba noodles per person
1/4 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- Begin with the broth. Mince the ginger and chop the garlic and add to a heavy-bottomed saucepan over a medium heat. Add a tablespoon of water to the ginger and garlic and stir for three to five minutes or until the ginger and garlic have softened but haven't yet changed in colour. Add another tablespoon of water if needs be to prevent the mixture sticking to the bottom of the pan.
- Add the water or vegetable stock if using and bring to the boil.
- Simmer for five minutes and then add your soy sauce. Taste and add more soy if necessary.
- Set aside
- Heat your grill to medium. Season your salmon with salt and cook underneath the grill for six minutes on either side.
- Boil some water and cook your noodles according to the instructions on the pack.
- Peel the outer layer from the spring onions and cut into 4cm lengths. Then cut in four lengthwise.
- Drain your noodles once cooked and coat in the sesame oil.
- Place these at the bottom of the bowl. Place the salmon fillet on top. Pour over the ginger broth and garnish with spring onions.
*In a complete aside: don't you agree that for food to be truly comforting, it should always be served in a bowl? Why is that, I wonder.
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