Toddler proof noodles - Real Recipes from Mums

My son always has a thing for ‘Noonels’ when he was little and this was my way of getting some colour into his diet. You can use bacon or even ham instead of fish (my hubby is a mad fisherman) and its a great way of using up any loose veg in the crisper too; carrot, celery, zucchini what ever you find can pretty much get thrown in!

Ingredients (serves 2)

1 pky 99% fat free instant noodles
200g White flesh fish (trevally, cod, mackerel)
1 Cob of Fresh corn
1/2 Red capsicum
1/4 Head of broccoli
2 Shallots
1 Garlic clove
1 Light soya sauce and sweet chilli sauce to season
1 tsp Sesame oil

Method

Cook noodles as directed, season drain half the liquid (so about a cup full remains) and put aside
In a shallow fry pan or wok heat the sesame oil and quickly fry off your diced fish.
Add in your diced veggies, crushed garlic, sweet chilli and light soy sauce, stir in for a minute or so on a high heat, reduce the heat and add you noodles and the remaining liquid.
Cover and simmer for a minute on a low heat then serve into a bowl!

Notes

Depending on the age of your little one you can add more or less spice as you like, fresh ginger, galangal and a little Chinese 5 spice goes down well too!

62 Comments

- - BellaB said
  - 30 Jun 2024
    6:51 pm
I think I could use this as an after school snack for my teens, too.

- - ChiWren said
  - 18 May 2024
    8:46 am
Remembering this for the future. What a fun, and veggie packed food.

- - mom462038 said
  - 09 Nov 2020
    2:59 pm
Oh wow, noodles, fun to eat and messy as well. I used to add egg, cheese and veg to the 2 minute noodles

- - MrsA said
  - 18 Sep 2019
    9:41 pm
I like the alternatives available.

- - mom81879 said
  - 18 Nov 2018
    10:08 am
My kids loved the noodles too, but they so lacked nutrition. I used to add meat or cheese or veggies or egg, sometimes I added all of them to bulk things up a bit

- - mom183717 said
  - 04 Jun 2017
    3:04 pm
I’ll have to try it. Thanks for sharing

- - mom112217 said
  - 12 Feb 2017
    3:19 pm
A great recipe for the little ones,thanks!

- - Some_Toss said
  - 10 Apr 2016
    9:44 am
Fantastic! Thank you very much for sharing! Looking forward to trying it!

- - stacey said
  - 10 Jan 2016
    2:37 pm
This looks so good, I hope my fussy one loves this

- - mom62624 said
  - 09 Dec 2015
    8:05 am
This looks amazing; perfect for little one’s to enjoy, thanks!.

- - mom109229 said
  - 26 Sep 2015
    8:02 pm
Yum! These look great. Thanks!

- - dannsbuild said
  - 17 Sep 2015
    9:01 pm
Thanks for sharing this recipe! Very nice!

- - Kell said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    11:57 am
I think Noonles are great for lunch … lol

- - grandmahamon said
  - 27 Jun 2015
    8:43 pm
too cute “noonles” hahaa! Thanks for sharing!

- - mom105503 said
  - 09 Jun 2015
    12:52 am
This sounds really yummy and an easy way to make noodles so much more nutritious.

- - mom127676 said
  - 08 Jun 2015
    8:28 pm
What a great, healthy recipe for kids.

- - GeoEllie said
  - 31 Jan 2015
    3:48 am
My older boys loved having noodles this way when they were younger too =)

- - mom57522 said
  - 12 Jan 2015
    8:57 pm
Think I’ll save this one for my next slack dinner night!

- - mom93821 said
  - 02 Dec 2014
    7:20 am
Thanks for sharing this tasty looking recipe; looks good.
- mom93821 replied
  
  12 Apr 2016 , 7:26 pm
  Great noodles and recipe – so tasty.
- - mom94125 said
  - 02 Nov 2014
    6:20 pm
thanks so much for posting your simple idea