This fake-out take-out version of my favorite dish, Asian Style Beef Curry Stir-Fry, is made with lean beef, lots of vegetables, and a low fat curry flavored sauce. Is it just me, or has 2016 snuck up on you? Honestly. It was July and then I blinked. Where does the time go? It seems like yesterday we were sitting at Niagara for our first anniversary. *blink* Wait! I think a day just went by. Now, show of hands. Who has vowed to eat … [Read more...]
Hawaiian Fried Rice
This Hawaiian pizza inspired fake-out food, Hawaiian Fried Rice has lots of flavor and cooks up quick for any night of the week. We have ham at New Year’s. Do you have ham at New Years? Or do you have noodles? Or another turkey? A roast? What?? Just tell me already! Um…so, we had this ham. It was the smallest ham I could find for the two of us. It was a sixteen pounder. Yes. I know. We had a 16 pound turkey, … [Read more...]
Bayou Stir-Fry
Tender shrimp are sautéed with kielbasa and vegetables and served up like a stir-fry with a delicious sauce and fragrant rice. Bayou Stir-Fry has Cajun spice with a rich stir-fry style sauce. I love Cajun flavors. Seriously. We’ve been blackening since before blackening was a thing. We had a recipe for Cajun seasoning before it was popular. I’m talking, way before Emeril (LOVE HIM!), way before Paul Prudhomme, and WAY before Tony Chachere's. Honestly. This is all thanks to Dad’s many … [Read more...]
Orange Beef Stir-Fry v2.0
This Orange Beef Stir-Fry packs powerful orange flavor in a quick and easy #takeinmeal. Pardon me while I go off on a bit of a tangent...I promise I will get back to this deliciousness in a minute. I’ve been skimming through my Bloglovin all weekend. Something about getting to 1000+ unread blogs makes me stress and I am trying to keep on top of it, at least for the start of the year. Anyway. I was amazed at all the detox, clean eating, light, … [Read more...]
Happy Family
Delicious steak, chicken, pork, shrimp, and scallops are stir fried with vegetables in an Asian style sauce. All these flavors combine to make this Take Out at Home Happy Family which makes your family happy. Daylight savings time. I’m still trying to figure this one out. It’s dark when I go to work and it’s dark when I get home. Where’s the daylight being saved? Also, where has the year gone? Honestly, the last time I looked a the calendar it was October. Now it's December and how … [Read more...]
Ratatouille Stir-Fry
Traditional ratatouille is turned into a quick and easy Ratatouille Stir-Fry in this deliciously hearty #MeatlessMonday meal. I see all these gorgeous pictures of ratatouille on Bloglovin, Pinterest, Facebook. They’re killing me! They look fabulous and delicious and I honestly don’t have the time, even WITH my mandolin to slice all those veggies, put them in a tureen, and bake them. Yup. I’m lazy. I accept it, I own it, I find ways to get the same taste of out of quick and easy recipes. I hear … [Read more...]
Spicy Pork and Pepper Stir-Fry
Delicious pork stir fried with peppers, celery, and green onions over rice. Spicy Pork and Pepper Stir-Fry is quick and delicious. I love stir fries. Don’t you love stir fries? I mean, they’re so easy and quick to throw together. You can pretty much make them out of anything. ANYTHING! They don’t even have to be Asian inspired. But this Spice Pork and Pepper Stir Fry is Asian inspired. In case you couldn’t figure that out. “What do you mean they don’t even have to be Asian,” you ask? Well, … [Read more...]
Asian Noodles with Peanut Dressing
A quick and tasty noodle based stir fry that is smothered in a sweet and spicy peanut butter based sauce. This Asian Noodles with Peanut Dressing is perfect for a weeknight travel meal. This was supposed to be a salad. Doesn't look like a salad, does it? I decided to chuck the salad idea and make these Asian Noodles with Peanut Dressing for a Wednesday night meal. Wednesday is for a stir fry, a skillet meal, something quick and easy to throw together for … [Read more...]
