The Diary Game_21-06-2025_After-Noodles: Glee. Green Kitchen Victory

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I'm @mhsnrasel from Bangladesh.

Assalamualaikum alaikum, everyone. Welcome to another blog. In this blog I am going to share my first cooking experience with you. How do you all like it.

This evening, as I vowed, my rollercoaster friend. I treated myself—not to Starbucks or carry-out, but to something—that is, to gobbling my single-serving dinner. I, once a lost soul who'd deemed "al dente" a flavor-of-the-month pasta, had prepared an egg, noodle, and potato hot dish that spread a grin from ear to ear across my face. It was absurd, the kitchen soap opera. And if there was ever a time in the past when you ever did think about cooking but never did get the guts to just sit down and do it, why, by gosh, you'd better mosey on up and let me teach you how to ride a noodle—tears of belly-laughter, a cringe-worthy wretched meal, and straight out of heaven in doing something really great with my very own two hands. Trust me, if I could, you should too!

Turning Point of the Day

We woke up at dawn with rumbling tummies and not even an ounce of bravery in our name.

Squashed afternoon, sunburned kitchen window, hot and warm I was. It would have been the case if I'd managed to get it up myself through the app. But last night? I was like, "Nah, I'm gonna cook." Skydiving or cooking—bad, a little terrifying, and totally off the grid." I danced around to my jam playlist jams (food requires atmosphere, ya know?), aproned myself like the pro that I am, and cooked. Oh. My. Gosh.

I was bashing around potatoes like an impersonator of Gordon Ramsay, whacking myself on the head for being such a muppet to have onion bits all over the place and whacking my hand for eggs at the bottom of the pan.

And yelling at myself, good on my steaming plate of noodles, the aroma alone made me a superhero. First bite? Magic—a noodle bite, a potato bite, and a pffft of egg all together. Not dinner; a work-earned, all-day snack. I did. Me. And it was delicious.

My Goof-Proof Recipe: Cooking Noodles with Potatoes and Eggs

Ready to stroll into the kitchen on your own two feet? My simple, step-by-step recipe for a noodle bowl that'll make you a kitchen rockstar.

Simple to make, simple to forgive, and yum. And I'll include some of the belly-laughing, laugh-out-loud moments with you too.

What You'll Be Needing (For 4 Starving You)

	Potato	1 medium potato
	Egg	3 egg
	Noodles	4 packets
	Onion	4 small onions
	Soy Sauce	1-4 tbsp
	Oil	4 tablespoons
	Salt	2 or 4 pinches
	Water	For boiling noodles (I almost forgot to mention this, oops).

Gear You’ll Use

• Boiling pot.

• Skillet (your new BFF).

• Knife, spatula, and cutting board (no skill required, humans necessary).

• Voila, a tray to serve (masterpiece complete).

Let Us Cook: Step-by-Step (With a Dash of Humor)

1. Prepare Noodles: The Noodle Spa

Soak hot water noodles by adding water to a pan.

Add noodles and directions on the package—3-5 minute cook time on instant ramen. Stir 'em good so they don't all just clump together in a knot like a bad hair day. Drain them to be kind of soft and nice and not mushy. Note to self: goodness, don't even think about swallowing down that hot water like it's going to be broth. Isn't. Learned the hard way.

1. Chop Your Veggies: The Potato Prep Party

If you're a perfectionist like me (I wasn't, and I won't be; I'm lazy), then peel the potato.
Chop it into itsy-teeny-teeny little pieces—tater tots are too big, but just a teensy. Slice your onion and your garlic thinly. I was already stoked to be stoked on this live chef already, but I was ire-filled at attempting to chop half an onion on the ground and SMASHED it off. Don't judge me, ok? assistant looks down in shame

1. Fry the Potatoes: Heaven in Crisps

Place 1 tablespoon oil in the pan on medium heat.
Add potatoes and fry until golden and crispy on the outside, looking stunning, 8-10 minutes.

Now turn them occasionally, and do not turn them too much—sear the outside only so.
Add pepper and salt, drain, and let it rest. My kitchen smelled sweet with me, with, "Hey, I want to marry the pan." 4. Sauté the Garlic and Onions: Smell the Magic Add another tablespoon of oil in the same pan again. Tip: Don't get so obsessed with the smell that you forget to stir. I know why, believe me.

1. Scramble the Eggs: Fluffy Cloud Time

Scramble eggs in a bowl and just whip 'em up with a fork and throw in onions and garlic in there. Sauté on low heat until puffy little pillow eggs—1-2 minutes. Not forever, guys; we're not producing egg jerky here. Spoon out and fold into potatoes. I was completely psyched because my eggs did not stick. Yay!

1. Mix It All Up: The Grand Noodle Finale
   Add noodles into the skillet.

Throw in potatoes and eggs, and add a little bit of soy sauce.
Now stir like you're stirring a magic potion.

If totally focused on it, drizzle green onions or red pepper flakes. 1-2 minutes to hot and funky-colored heat. Don't even think of a dash of extra soy sauce, pepper, or salt—if you totally can't help it. I did have soy sauce sitting available on my home kitchen top surface, but making more mess than I was cleaning up.

1. Gloat and Munch: You're a Noodle Genius Place your noodle miracle in a bowl, grab a fork (or attempt to spear it with chopsticks, if you are bolder than me), and marvel at the genius.
   Snap a photo and be the green-eyed monster to all of your friends, perhaps. Munch away. That first bite? Cook's dream was still within it in one great big hug of a bite. You succeeded, and it's divine.

Greater than Noodles

Warming up those noodles was rehearsal dinner that I could get away from and fiddle with.

It does have value in its scratch cooking use as leftovers dinner.
I spat spatula and grinned, grinned like a child when spuds browned and waged war when I'd done and had to rise and stand and sit down and chow.

Hellish nightmares mess—the onion splatters on soy, that one on floor—were mission details. Hopefully.

It was such wee adventure in my patio garden, and I whistled proudly afterwards.

It was just that kind of reminder that the best things in life really are in the little things. Noodles, music, and a feeling of jitters were what underpinned what would otherwise have been such a boring afternoon to make it one which I owe my stars forever. So if you're around handy to cook, then cook. Take. shaking the noodles frantically and hard and all wasteful garbage falls out and just let go. You'll be scrubbing your kitchen like me too.
--- One Last Thing: I'm still grinning in noodle paradise, and you'll be too later. Dumb pinch to your kitchen story needed or energy shock to kick your noodles up to new levels? Ask me—I'm roughly about a noodle master these days (tongue in cheek. kind of).