I've started to subscribe to Women's Health. I find it really interesting and this month they had an easy food guide, and I have decided to try as many recipes as I can. They also have a list of items that everyone should have lying around in their pantry and better food options. I'm not really an expert on health but I have recently started paying attention to how much fat and sugar I am consuming (although I refuse to foresake my can of coke a day habit).

I know I didn't use soba noodles but I don't really like soba noodles and I had these ones lying around. This recipe was really tasty, unlike the fried rice I made last time. Unfortunately I only had enough to make two servings, so I won't be eating this for the next week. I must also add that this recipe took exactly 10 minutes to make. Great for one of those days when I've just gotten home from the gym and too lazy to cook.

Every time I've made fried rice my rice has always been mushy so this time I cooked my rice way in advance so that it would be on the drier side. I don't think this recipe was very good though. I added the amount of soy sauce as the recipe said but something must have been wrong because it was so bland. The bamboo and mushrooms tasted fine, but the chicken tasted bland since there was no seasoning other than the soy sauce. Pretty disappointing. And I ended up eating it for a week, dousing each bowl with some extra soy sauce did the trick.