A whirlwind day trip to Sydney for work, combined with an evening photography class, meant for a quick and easy dinner this evening.
I delved into the Mystery Box, and had my fingers crossed that the chosen ingredient would be something I had in the pantry, or at least an ingredient I was familiar with.
When I drew out tamari I breathed a sigh of relief.
I have a HUGE bottle of tamari in my pantry, which is regularly used as my wheat-free substitute for soy sauce.
Tamari is a rich Japanese soy sauce, which is wheat free, making it a good alternative for those who are wheat or gluten intolerant.
Being a little short on time, I opted for a simple stir-fry for dinner. I was going to add some chicken or tofu, but we had neither on hand, so a vegetable & tamari stir-fry with rice noodles it was.
While I prepped the veggies, I had the rice noodles soaking in boiling water to soften.
Added to a hot wok was a good amount of chopped garlic…..because you know I like my garlic .
Followed by carrots, snow peas, capsicum, mushrooms and zucchini.
And finished with the tamari, rice noodles and good handfuls of bean sprouts and fresh coriander. I personally love the extra crunch that bean sprouts give to a stir-fry.
(PS. An extra set of hands is very useful when trying to stir and take photos of this super speedy dish).
Served in my favourite bowls from Japan, and with a sprinkling of roasted cashews.
Discounting the preparation time, this dish can go from wok to table in under 5 minutes. A great, healthy and speedy weeknight meal!
Do you have a favourite stir-fry ingredient? Mine would either be carrot or bean sprouts. Oh and I can never say no to fresh coriander.
Happy baking :)
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I would probably say zucchini. Or mushrooms. Maybe onions? Haha, I just love how yummy vegetables taste in stir-fries!
ReplyDeleteI think my favorite stir-fry ingredient is probably peppers. Love 'em!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a delicious dish! My favorite Thai dish is Pad Thai. It looks similar.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I love your "mystery box" idea. I wish I had the ability to be creative with recipes like that!
What a great blog!!! This dinner looks so wonderful! I love rice noodles :) I have yet to purchase and make them on my own. They must be really easy to prepare?
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Hehe I can imagine that would have been quite a relief to get that ingredients. Silly question but what happens if you draw an ingredient that you don't have? Do you draw it in the morning and then during the day buy it? Just curious :)
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh i need to come over FOR DINNER!!
ReplyDeletewhat are rice noodles like?
thats so crazy yall are just starting winter! whaaat!
My favourite ingredient is natural, freshly ground, crunchy peanut butter to make a yummy satay stir fry. Bean sprouts and cashews are high on my list too though.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful dish! So much colour!
ReplyDeleteI love spring onions as a stir-fry ingredient. I'e also been putting little cubes of tempeh or tofu in my stir-fries...I'm still trying to master getting them a bit crunchy, though!
Yum, that looks super healthy yet delicious - the perfect combo. I must give tamari a try soon, it can't be that different in taste to soy, can it?
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