Chap Chae (Korean glass noodle dish) made with Kelp Noodles

Good Evening! Monday is almost over. It was a really great day today. I'm a little tired but it went well. I ate well, had good workouts and I'm almost completely done with my day. Even got a few minutes of relaxation in tonight! Yes!

As mentioned in my previous post I was up early for my cardio on the treadmill. This evening back at the gym for shoulders, upper chest, and rear delts. Great workout.

Workout:
Shoulder Press - 4x12 - 20lbs - 4 different grips
Side leaning lat raise - 3x15 - 20 lbs
Front delt raise (chest to bench at angle) - 3x15 with 5 second hold at end! - 10lbs
Pushups off 15lb dumbbell (3x12) superset with incline chest press - 3x10 - 15lbs
Rear delt fly (chest to bench at angle) - 3x15
Rear delt squeeze on machine, standing - unilateral - 3x15 - 85 lbs
DONE!!

Meals:
1)  2/3 cup nasty crockpot oatmeal w/ apples and walnuts
2) Chai spice protein muffins, 15 almonds
3) Egg white salad (not recipe worthy) and 2 small Ezekiel tortillas
4) Protein shake & 1 T almond butter
5) 4 oz Asian pork tenderloin, cucumber slices
6) Salad w/ broiled shrimp and balsamic vinaigrette dressing
7) Will be protein tea, probably something tropical like my Zinzibar Ginger Coconut with 1 t flaxseed oil

New recipe that I just made and am patiently waiting to tomorrow to eat up with whatever protein I end up having, probably chicken for dinner. I hope you try it. You can always use regular glass noodles if you're not trying to watch your carbs but this is really delicious with the Kelp Noodles too! Tastes like the real thing. The kelp noodles soften up once they hit the heat and soy sauce. Yummy!

Chap Chae 

Chap Chae

1/2 package Kelp Noodles (although could have easily used the whole package)

2 teaspoons sesame oil

1 T canola oil

1 small onion, thinly sliced

1 zucchini, cut into matchsticks

2 cloves garlic, finely minced

3 stalks green onion, cut into 1" lengths diagonally

4 med/large mushrooms (shitake or wood ear but I just used regular since that's what I had)

1 pkg spinach (6 oz)

2 T soy sauce

5 drops stevia

1 T sesame seeds, optional

Rinse noodles well. Mix with 1 teaspoon sesame oil. Cut to desired length with scissors.

Mix soy sauce and stevia together. Set aside.

Heat canola oil in LARGE saute pan or wok on med high heat, swirling to coat. When oil is hot but not smoking, fry onions and zucchini until just softened, about 1 minute. Add garlic, green onions and mushrooms and fry 30 seconds. Add spinach soy sauce & stevia and noodles. Fry 2-3 minutes till all is heated through. Take off heat and add remaining teaspoon sesame oil and sesame seeds if using.

That's it. So easy and yummy! It's quite traditional too except Koreans usually use carrot instead of zucchini. Of course you could put ANY veggie that appeals to you in. You can add shredded chicken or whatever protein you want and you're set. Hope you like it!

That's about it. Hope you all have a wonderful and relaxing evening and I'll be back on here tomorrow. Going to try my brown rice couscous tomorrow. I'll give you my review. Hope it's as delicious as regular couscous because I love couscous. It's so versatile!