Week 12 Day 1 Making light sunomono

Sunomono is a light sour cold salad that I love to eat in Japanese restaurants. Unfortunately, noodles always bring the calories count up, so I had to find some substitute. My brother told me about zero calories shirataki noodles. They are great for this recipe!

SHIRATAKI NOODLES
If you have never used shirataki noodles, they feel a little bit like tasteless hard jell-o in the shape of a noodle. They are sold in a pouch, preserved in a very stinky liquid that you should discard. Shirataki noodles will soak in any flavor and smell of your sauce or soup. To just get rid of the smell for a rather neutral recipe like sunomono, I boil the noodles in leftover artichoke water for 5mn. (PS: Since they soak in the liquid, artichoke water can turn them green)

LIGHT CRAB SUNOMONO:

Ingredients:
1 pack of shirataki noodles boiled in artichoke water
60g crabmeat
60g cucumber
1 tbsp seasoned rice vinegar
1 tbsp mirin
2-3 tbsp of water (depending how sour you like it)

- Mix together the rice vinegar, the mirin and the water. This will be your sauce.
- Optional: if you like your cucumber to be sour as well, soak the cucumber in the sauce for an hour.
- Place the noodles, crabmeat and cucumber in a bowl.
- Pour over the sauce. Enjoy! One bowl has approximately 130 calories.

Menu Week 12 Day 1:

Breakfast: approximately 117 calories
- 1 medium artichoke
- 0.5tbsp light olive oil mayonnaise
- 2 korean rice crackers

Lunch: approximately 130 calories
- 1 light crab sunomono

Dinner: approximately 220 calories
- 1 italian tomato
- 1tsp dijon mustard
- 100g grilled beef tenderloin

Snack: approximately 67 calories
- 10 raw almonds

Total: 533 calories