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Smoked Salmon Lemon Alfredo

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I think it’s a bit obvious that I’m a fan of Shirataki noodles, but as so far I always do them Asian style, I wanted to see how well they’d hold up in something a little more ‘Western’.

This was a quick, comforting dinner and definitely one I’ll do again as it was amazing!

ingredients

  • 170 g Shirataki Noodles
  • 60 g Smoked Salmon (cut into strips)
  • 40 g Grated Parmesan
  • 100 ml Creme Fraiche
  • 1 medium Egg
  • 0.5 clove Garlic (minced)
  • 1 tbsp Butter
  • Zest of 0.5 Lemon
  • Fresh lemon & Parsley to serve

Servings: 1

6 g carbs/serving *
35 g protein/serving *

* always remember to calculate based on your own values / ingredient brands where possible!

instructions

  1. Open your noodles, drain in a sieve and rinse well in cold water.
  2. Tip the rinsed noodles into a saucepan of salted water, bring to the boil for 2-3 minutes, drain and rinse again in cold water. Set to one side in the sieve.
  3. Beat the egg and mix together with the Parmesan.
  4. In the same saucepan you used for the noodles, fry the garlic in the butter.
  5. Add the noodles and cook for 1-2 minutes.
  6. Stir through the creme fraiche and egg mixture until well mixed. Continue to cook on a gentle heat for 3-4 minutes. The egg will thicken the sauce, but be careful not to use too high a heat or the egg will scramble!
  7. Stir the salmon and lemon zest through the pasta before turning into a serving bowl.
  8. Finish with a little lemon juice and some fresh parsley or chives.

Simple Salmon and Scrambled Eggs

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I’m hesitant to put this down as a ‘recipe’, because I feel it’s more of a meal assembly, so I’ve created a new category of posts for ‘Meal Ideas’, which for my lifestyle, tend to be meals I can throw together relatively quickly and/or with minimal cooking of convenience ingredients.

Salmon and scrambled eggs comes under that category; there’s so many variations, combinations and permutations that you can come up with that one single set of instructions can’t cover it. Suffice to say that they are an awesome combination – scramble your eggs with a ton of butter, serve with a good helping of smoked salmon and whatever sides you want. Personally I love raw watercress and spinach but go with what you feel!

I’ve included a couple of examples in this post – the first is topped with sunflower seeds, capers, olive oil and lemon juice.

The second is with a quick sauce made from full-fat creme fraiche, lemon juice, salt and black pepper.

Remember to weigh and track your ingredients to check the carb content, but overall this should be a pretty low count meal – mine will generally come in at around 5-6g.