Stir-fry

“The households that have lost the soul of cooking from their routines may not know what they are missing: the song of a stir-fry sizzle…” -Barbara Kingsolver

Oh heeeeeeey!! Surprise!! An extra post just for my followers and today we’re talking STIR-FRY, my friends!!

Stir-fry is literally the BEST thing since sliced bread. Throw in your veggies and meat (or just veggies) of choice, sauté to your desired crispness and VOILA! A meal for the family is ready within minutes.

Here’s an idea of what we use in our stir-fries (sp?):

Pea pods

Sweet pepper slices

Garlic

Onion

Ginger (so gooooooood!)

Shiitake mushrooms

Garlic (literally everything I cook has garlic – it’s the spice of life!)

Water chestnuts (I don’t use these often enough – excellent bit of crunch!)

Basil

Jalapeños (not too much if your child isn’t a big fan!)

Local beef or chicken, cut into bite sizes.

Now, making a good stir-fry can be tricky – believe it or not. Sometimes it takes time to figure out the time it takes for each vegetable to cook and have nothing be over-cooked into mushiness.

Here are my tips!

1) Choose vegetables that your family likes and will eat – and remember that most kids (haha! Like I’m an expert on kids! I’m totally not.) will try things if it tastes similar (think sauces!) or they are able to help with preparing the vegetables.

2) For sauces, we like to use homemade teriyaki or an Apricot Ginger sauce that’s kind of local (Belfast, ME). I will post my teriyaki sauce in a separate post.

3) Cook your meat first in the sauce of choice only until half done. Remove from heat and cover.

4) Start with your peppers, onions, pea pods. These items take a bit longer to get the desired texture (I prefer al dente). At around the 4-5 minute mark, throw in your mushrooms, ginger and garlic. Cook for another 2 minutes.

5) Stir in your meat and finish cooking for around 4 minutes.

6) Serve as-is or on top of rice (pairs beautifully with a wild rice medley).

Tonight Evan and I were late getting home after a barbershop excursion for a back-to-school cut. The man with the plan at home helped by prepping our vegetables and when I got home, I sautéed everything and we feasted! ♥️

Eat, drink, and be merry! Make it a great day! Love to you all. ❤️♥️