Noodles

Ingredients:
Cup of cooked noodles
1/4 cup chopped green peppers
1/4 cup diced onions
1/4 cup diced mushrooms
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Red chili powder to taste (or leave out entirely if you don't like spicy food)
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon rice vinegar
1/4 cup water
1/3 teaspoon corn starch or flour

Directions:
Lightly fry the green peppers, onions, and mushrooms in a small saucepan, seasoning with a pinch of salt, pepper, and red chili powder. Green peppers and onions take longer to cook (soften) than mushrooms so add the mushrooms when the peppers and onions are close to being done.

Maintaining medium heat, add the cooked noodles to the saucepan of sautéed veggies. Add soy sauce and rice vinegar. In a separate bowl, dissolve corn starch or flour in water. Add dissolved mixture to the saucepan. Mix in and cook for a couple minutes.

Feeds 1 person.

Quick side notes:

1. You can add chicken or shrimp of course adjusting for salt, pepper, and chili.

2. You can use rice instead of noodles. 

3. Rice vinegar may sound too fancy to buy just for this one-time quick dish, but it's actually just as usable as soy sauce. In fact, whenever I use soy sauce, I always use rice vinegar...it is the secret ingredient chefs don't want you to know about. So buy a small bottle, and use it to make this dish. You'll start experimenting a lot, realizing, for instance, that it's what makes hot and sour soup so darn delicious.