Making homemade noodles

It's nice to go out with friends and dine out sometimes. But, it's always good to have some light meals after the big meals as well. I can foresee we'll have big meals in Chinese New Year. My husband always needs to take light meals when we are back to our home.

@JudyEv It falls on 8 February this year. At first I wish to bake some cookies for some relatives, but I don't think I'll be able to do so. Glad that I don't really need to prepare much for Chinese New Year, as we'll be going back to in-law's house.

@kaka135 When does Chinese New Year start? It must be soon.

Yes, I am planning to add more stuffs into the noodles too. I tried to add tomatoes once, I quite like it but my children didn't. I think it's good to add more fresh ingredients inside the noodles, so we'll have more nutrients. Thanks for sharing that. I'll try with some veggie and carrot juice. I think when we have bread machine and noodle maker, it makes us so convenient to make the noodles. I don't think it's troublesome at all. My hardest part is always kneading the dough. Moreover, I always think it's good for the children to learn making things with their hands, good for me as well. I have not made all these when I was young, my mom did almost everything. I am glad that I have a chance to learn to make things now. Sometimes it's actually the process of making makes us satisfied and happy, isn't it?

@youless You are right, perhaps you need a cotton candy machine. I think if you like to cook, some machines are necessary and they can really save us lots of time. I used to think just use my hands to do all these work, but they are really time consuming and tiring. So, it's good to have those machines to help us out, then we can have more time for others. My mom has many kinds of machines for cooking as well, so I think it's quite normal. I didn't know you can use bread machine to bake cashew. Mine is very old, it's actually my mom gave it to me. I wonder if it is already 20 years old. I am not sure if it can be used for other functions, I usually just use it to bake bread or knead dough. Now I am happy with the minimal machines I have - bread machine, noodle maker and soymilk maker.

@kaka135 Since I like cooking, so I have different cooking things at home. People think I am crazy to have so many machines. I told them that I haven't the cotton candy machine yet and perhaps they shall consider to buy and give to me By the way, I use bread machine to make so many things besides bread and pizza. I like to use them to bake the cashew and it really tastes well.

@kaka135 That is a surprise because here they are extremely cheap.

@Asylum It's good that you can find cheap and nice to eat noodles there.

I haven't really calculate the cost and labor cost as well, but the egg noodles here are not really cheap.

Yes, moreover it's very convenient, we can just make the noodles whenever we want to eat. I am not sure if it's easy to get a noodle maker over there, it's quite affordable here.

I just started to learn how to cook and make things, so my children always join me for having fun. Whenever I cook the noodles, I always make dried noodles, as it's easier and simpler to prepare. Hot soup noodles must be good for cold weather. Perhaps you can try making the noodles, it isn't difficult to make.

@LadyDuck I didn't know the noodle maker can help us to make so many things. I'd love to learn how to make lasagne. I'll check out more about it.

I think it's very handy, though very little. Do you use it to make pastas?

@kaka135 Yes, I use it to flatten my dough to make lasagne, noodles, tortellini and so on.

I have not try egg noodles with chicken dishes. How did you make that? I usually have noodles with vegetables. Yes, it's good to have the makers helping me, moreover my hands won't be so painful. I used to use my hand to knead the dough once, and my hands became so painful. My husband said, I should practice more then I won't have the pain.

I'd like to make dumplings as well. I only made "wanton" before, as it's the easiest, I think. Actually my son likes to do many things. He likes sewing, knitting and drawing as well. I think at this age, he is still experiencing everything which is interesting or what I am doing.

The noodle maker can help to make the dough pieces flat and cut them into thick or thin noodles. We used to buy the thin noodle from the market. Your lunch sounds good!

@infatuatedbby Yes, it can make pastas as well. I have seen the recipe came with the noodle maker, but I haven't try them yet.

@kaka135 That noodle maker sounds awesome! Can it make pastas too maybe?

Yes, I'd like to try some new recipes. I hope I can find some time to try that out. There are just so many things I want to learn and do.

@kaka135 Take it easy , you have all the time in the world to try them out .

There should be protein in the eggs, hence in the noodles, I think. I usually have noodles with vegetables only, I am not sure if those vegetables I put contain protein.

I just checked it out, the vegetables I always like to cook, pak choy or Chinese cabbage, contain protein as well (1.6g protein in 100g). It's considered one of the highest vegetables in protein. I didn't know about this. I actually didn't know there are some vegetables contain high protein as well. When I think about protein, I always think about meat and eggs only. Thank you for asking, otherwise I might not be checking on this.

Thanks. It's actually very easy to operate the noodle maker, just turn the handle. My little girl can do that as well, of course not as good as the elder brother. Sometimes it's good to let the children do it themselves, saves me lots of work, and gives them lots of fun!

Yes, though it may takes more effort or may even cost more, it's still very nice to make things ourselves. Not only the products might be healthier or good, the process of making things make us feel good as well.

Perhaps you can try making it yourself. It's very easy to make.

@armin777 I think noodles are nice to eat and easy to prepare too.