Recipe; Hair food

Nature is full of wonderful treats to nuture your body, inside and out. Especially for creating beautiful conditioned hair. 

Silica and zinc, protein, biotin, essentail fats and water are all brilliant for keeping your hair in tip top condition. Helping with dry, brittle hair; hair growth and shine. 

We've found a great recipe that includes all of these and is also incredibly yummy.

Ingredients 

• 250g of your choice of noodles (dried rice noodles are best in this recipe)
• 2tsp of chilli oil
• 6 green onions, thinly sliced
• 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 250g of asparagus, chopped coarsely (if you dislike asparagus, the substitute it with green beans or broccoli)
• 1 red pepper, thinly sliced
• 2tblsp sweet chilli sauce
• 2tblsp soy sauce
• 1/2 cup of vegetable stock
• 190g of tofu or your favourite protein subsititute, for example; red meat, chicken or sea food
• 500g of spinach, coarsely chopped
• 50g of unsalted roasted peanuts

Instructions

1. Place the dried noodles in a large heat-proof bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave to stand until just tender. Drain then rinse with cold water and drain again.

2. Heat oil in a wok or large frying pan. Stirfry the onion, garlic, asparagus or alternative green vegetable and add red pepper until just crunchy. Add the tender noodles, sauces, vinegar and stock and keep it on the heat until saunce boils. 

3. Add the tofu or protein substitute. Beef can be marinated in the sauces beforehand. Cook the chicken or seafood to taste before adding to the stirfry. Add the spinach and stir in until it wilts.

4. Serve piping hot and topped with a generous handful of roughly chopped peanuts. 

Enjoy! 




Recipe found in the August 2012 issue of Prediction Magazine.