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Lots of Veggies Stir Fry

Somehow, I ended up with a lot of stir fry vegetables this week. Between what I got in our CSA box, what came out of our garden, and what I overbought at the grocery store last week, I had a nice variety of colorful goodness to put into the wok. I also had a lime that wasn’t going to make it much longer, so decided to make a lime based sauce.

Lime and Chli Garlic Sauce Stir Fry

This was pretty spicy. If you want less heat, cut back on the chili garlic sauce. Feel free to use whatever vegetables you have on hand. Broccoli would have been great in this. I ended up with a total of about 8 cups of vegetables.

Lime and Chili Garlic Stir Fry
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Oriental
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Serves: 4-6
 
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons peanut oil, divided
  • 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, thinly sliced
  • 2 medium carrots, thinly sliced
  • 1 large yellow squash, thinly sliced
  • 3 bell peppers, thinly sliced
  • ½ large red onion, thinly sliced
  • large handful snow peas, strings removed
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • ¼ cup chicken broth
  • juice of 1 lime
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons chili garlic sauce (found in the Oriental foods aisle)
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 2 cups hot cooked rice
Instructions
  1. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in wok. Stir fry chicken until cooked through. Remove from pan and keep hot.
  2. Add remaining oil to wok. Add all the vegetables, and stir fry until tender crisp. Add chicken back into the pan.
  3. Combine broth, lime juice, soy sauce, and chili garlic sauce. Whisk in cornstarch and pour over the stir fry. Continue to stir fry for another minute, until sauce thickens. Serve over hot rice.

 

Balsamic Beets and Red Onion

Balsamic Beets and Red OnionI’m posting a very simple recipe today. I frequently use this roasting chart from Good Housekeeping. The original page from their magazine is one of the most used pages in my recipe binder. Having said that, I deviated from the chart when roasting the beets from this box. I wanted to roast them with the red onion, which wouldn’t have worked if I had left the beets whole and unpeeled. Since the pieces were smaller, they cooked more quickly. This was a nice combination of flavors. The recipe could easily be multiplied to serve more people.

Balsamic Beets and Red Onion
Recipe type: Side
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Serves: 2
 
Ingredients
  • 2 medium to large beets, peeled and cut in bite sized chunks
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • ½ medium red onion, cut in chunks
  • balsamic vinegar to taste (I used about 1 tablespoon)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place beets in oil, toss to combine. Remove beets from oil, place on roasting pan. Roast for 20 minutes.
  2. In the mean time, place onion into the oil that is left in the bowl from the beets. Toss to combine. Add to roasted beats, toss again. Return pan to oven and continue roasting for 15-20 minutes.
  3. Place roasted vegetables into a clean bowl. Add balsamic vinegar and toss again.

I’m looking forward to roasting fall veggies this year! Our new box comes today, and I ordered some winter squash for just that purpose.

Happy eating!

Ruth

Balsamic Basil Chicken with Summer Squash

Balsamic Basil Chicken with Summer SquashI was perusing Pinterest the other day, and found this recipe from Shelly Heim for Balsamic Vinegar Chicken. It looked so good, I had to try it. I was all set to start cooking, and realized that the chilly weather a couple of nights ago killed my basil, so I had to make some major adjustments to the recipe method. I also changed out the mushrooms with the summer squash from our box.

Balsamic Basil Chicken with Summer Squash
Recipe type: Main
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
  • 4 chicken breasts
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 2 tablespoons Balsamic vinegar, divided
  • 4 cloves garlic, chopped
  • ½ pound summer squash, chopped into bite size pieces
  • 2 Roma tomatoes, coarsely chopped
  • ½ red onion, thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in skillet. Brown chicken breasts, turning once.
  3. Place browned chicken into 11 X 7 baking dish. Sprinkle with basil. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil and 1 tablespoon vinegar. Add garlic, summer squash, tomatoes, and onion. Drizzle with remaining oil and vinegar. Top with cheese.
  4. Bake until chicken is cooked through, about 40 minutes.

Happy eating!

Ruth

Rainbow Chard Stir Fry

Rainbow Chard Stir FryMaking a stir fry is a good way to use up odds and ends of vegetables. Since I had Rainbow chard, a red onion, a couple of bell peppers, and some leftover shredded carrots; I decided to stir fry them with a couple of pork chops and some stir fry sauce for a quick dinner a few nights ago. I wasn’t sure about using the chard in a stir fry, but it turned out really good. I also enjoyed some of the leftovers for lunch the next day.

Rainbow Chard Stir Fry
Recipe type: Main
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 3 tablespoons canola oil, divided
  • 2 pork chops, thinly sliced
  • 1 small red onion, halved and thinly sliced
  • 2 bell peppers, halved and sliced
  • 1 bunch Rainbow chard, stems removed and thinly sliced, leaves thinly sliced
  • 1 cup shredded carrots
  • ½ cup teriyaki sauce
  • 2 cups cooked brown rice
Instructions
  1. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in wok or large skillet over medium high heat. Stir fry pork chops until cooked through. Remove from pan and keep warm.
  2. Add remaining oil to pan. Then add onion, bell pepper, and chard stems (Not the leaves yet.) Stir fry about 5 minutes. Add carrots, stir fry 2 minutes more. Then add chard leaves. Stir fry until leaves just begin to wilt.
  3. Add pork back into the pan. Pour teriyaki sauce over and continue to stir fry until everything is heated through.
  4. Serve over rice.

This was a great recipe to use up a lot of odds and ends of produce in my refrigerator.

Happy eating!

Ruth

Green Chile Chicken Stew

Green Chile Chicken StewGreen chile stew is a traditional New Mexican fall favorite. Usually made with pork and hominy in addition to the chile, it is a great way to end a cool day. I used a rotisserie chicken instead of pork, and frozen corn instead of the hominy. Mine isn’t as hot as many New Mexicans make green chile stew; I like to be able to taste something afterward! Feel free to add more chile if you like it really hot.

Green Chile Chicken Stew
Recipe type: Main
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1 small red onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 large potato, diced ¼ inch
  • 1 quart chicken broth
  • 1 rotisserie chicken, deboned
  • ½ cup fresh or frozen green chile
  • ½ cup frozen corn
  • 1-14 ounce can stewed tomatoes
Instructions
  1. Heat oil in soup kettle over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, and potatoes. Saute until onions wilt and potatoes start to brown, about 10 minutes.
  2. Add remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, then turn heat to simmer. Simmer for at least 1 hour.

How spicy do you like your food?

Happy eating!

Ruth