The first winner is @lenasveganliving, with a stunning dish that ticks all the boxes for a complete dish that is not only tasty but also very healthy! Lena made a ROSE FARFALLE with spelt flour rather than wheat. She also created a delicious looking cashew cream vegan sauce that is one to try for sure!

I am also using SPELT FARFALLE which is little bit more expansive than regular pasta. However, whole grain spelt is highly nutritious and much healthier than white wheat. Although, even if you use whole grain wheat, or brown rice pasta, it is already healthier than white pasta, yet less expensive than spelt.

Also, today supermarkets and markets online, such as Amazon, offers wide variety of pasta and noodles made of healthy ingredients. And don't worry, they taste delicious, at least to me, even better than plain old pasta that is nothing but empty calories.

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@amy-goodrich made a beautiful looking LENTIL PASTA AVACADO PESTO WITH PAN-ROASTED VEGGIES!

Ciao amici miei! Today I take you on a journey to Italy with my 100% plant-powered, gluten-free take on an Italian classic - Pasta Pesto.

One of my good friends here in Cambodia is Italian and has a restaurant. Unfortunately, there aren’t many dishes on his menu I can eat, so I usually go there for a glass of Italian wine and a chat. In my humble opinion, Italy does produce the best wines… think Brunello, Barolo, Chianti… though I don’t drink alcohol very often, I can appreciate a good glass of red wine once in a while. Too bad I can’t enjoy it with his food.

Nearly all his dishes contain cheese, eggs, or other animal products. But that doesn’t mean his cooking can’t be an inspiration to my dishes.

I love Italian cuisine for its simplicity and honor to the taste of real, fresh ingredients without the use of many seasonings. PLUS, pasta dishes make easy, fast weeknight dinners on a budget.

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@carolynstahl made a Spinach rice noodle vegetable stir fry

This is my first time participating in ecoTrain where this week we have noodles as the topic.
I couldn't resist as I happened to be making rice noodles with some items I had in the fridge and some veggies I purchased from the markdown bin. I have a store across the street with high priced items. It's downtown and convenient so they put the prices as high as they can. Fortunately for me, many items are marked down each day, and it's mostly produce that is in very decent shape.

Other items I usually purchase down the street at a store that is packed full of people who want to get the least expensive items. I go there particularly for organic tofu, tempeh and fresh produce. They have the best prices in town.

I bought spinach rice noodles from there the other day. I will admit they don't taste much like spinach but they have a greenish hue.

When I cook rice noodles this thin I just soak them in cold water while I prepare the rest of the ingredients.

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Congratulations to @hindavi for making your own Indian brown rice nnoodles!

Hello ecotrain community 🙏 ! hope all you are doing well. Wishing you very happy holidays. since few days thinking about noodles. It was quite confusing about is it Italian pasta or Asian noodles? Many of this contests' entries are done with instant noodles but here i present an authentic preparation from scratch.

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@anfood created a very asian looking Fried Fish & Rice Noodles & Vegetables Soup

If you are tired of meat and want to eat light food, I recommend you to try this dish, its broth is a bit sweet and slightly sour that makes you want to eat it non-stop. We always eat raw vegetables with fried fish noodles so this dish is not only delicious but also good for health. The broth for fish noodle is made from simmering fish bones or fish heads. After the simmering stage, tomatoes are added to make color and sweetness to the dish.

Fish noodles are sold everywhere in northern Vietnam, from luxury restaurants to small eateries or sidewalks. The type of fish often used to make this dish is tilapia because they are naturally sweet and have little bones, suitable for both children and the elderly. We usually eat fish rice noodles for breakfast or lunch, sometimes we also eat it for dinner. This dish is the perfect substitute for meat and rice. This dish has many different versions, some places use mackerel or snakehead fish, use vegetable water dropwort, banana flower or colocasia gigantea. This is my own recipe, you can cook it my way!! Just a tablespoon of fish noodles can warm our body in cold winter.

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AND FINALLY OUR BONUS PRIZE GOES TO

@ngoan8x for their amazing Beef Pho (Noodle) Soup

For a very long time, Pho has been a special dish of Hanoians. You can eat pho at any time of the day, restaurants or small eateries often sell pho from early morning to late night. Pho like rice noodles is made of rice flour but coated in thin sheets and then cut into fibers. The most important part in pho is broth. Beef broth is made the tradition old way, slowly beef bone simmered with onion and ginger and other ingredients such as cinnamon, anise, .. created a delicious broth mixture. The broth is poured over pho and served immediately with lettuce, green onion leaves or banana flowers.

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