SHOPPING LIST: Cooking Skills: Noodles 1, Chapter 7 (Upgrading Instant Noodles)

Instant noodles (several packs), eggs with the British Lion mark, spinach or pak choi, spring onions, a carrot, frozen peas and sweetcorn, a cucumber, smooth peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar or limes, sugar, toasted sesame oil, chilli flakes and roasted peanuts. A heatproof jar or vacuum flask and a cool bag with an ice pack for the noodle jar.

Instant noodles with egg and greens (1 portion)
[ ] 1 pack pack of instant noodles (about 85 g)
[ ] ½ sachet of the seasoning sachet
[ ] 400 ml water
[ ] 1 Lion-marked egg
[ ] 1 handful spinach or pak choi
[ ] 1 spring onion, sliced
[ ] 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
[ ] 1 pinch chilli flakes (optional)

Peanut instant noodles (1 portion)
[ ] 1 pack pack of instant noodles (about 85 g), seasoning sachet not used
[ ] 1 tbsp smooth peanut butter
[ ] 1 tbsp soy sauce
[ ] 1 tsp rice vinegar or lime juice
[ ] 1 tsp sugar
[ ] 3 tbsp hot noodle cooking water
[ ] ¼ cucumber, cut into matchsticks
[ ] 1 tbsp roasted peanuts, crushed

Stir-fried instant noodles (2 portions)
[ ] 2 packs packs of instant noodles (about 85 g each)
[ ] 1 tbsp vegetable oil
[ ] 2 Lion-marked eggs, beaten
[ ] 1 carrot, cut into matchsticks
[ ] 100 g frozen peas or sweetcorn
[ ] 2 spring onions, sliced
[ ] ½ sachet of one seasoning sachet
[ ] 1 tbsp soy sauce
[ ] 1 tsp toasted sesame oil

A noodle jar (1 portion)
[ ] 1 pack pack of instant noodles (about 85 g)
[ ] ½ sachet of the seasoning sachet
[ ] 1 handful frozen peas and sweetcorn
[ ] 1 spring onion, sliced
[ ] 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
[ ] 1 pinch chilli flakes (optional)
[ ] 350 ml boiling water, added at lunchtime

For the experiments
[ ] Extra instant noodles, eggs and limes