In early March we decided to buy a new wok; you can read here about cleaning it and seasoning it. Now it was time to try it out. I had grand visions of cooking pepper and salted dry fried shrimp, but then thought the best first dish would be the dish that drove us to buy a wok in the first place: bacon and egg fried rice.
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Fried Rice
We added some leftover ham to some vegetables and cooked rice to make American-Chinese fried rice. We also had Ancient Old Meat – a recipe we’ve had for decades.
Yellow Thai Chicken Coconut Curry
Wow, so many words to describe curry dishes! Last month I cooked and wrote about Green Thai Curry Chicken Soup. It was supposed to be a curry but was really more of a soup. That left us with a curry itch that needed to be scratched – real curry with an aromatic, tasty thick sauce that would coat the back of a spoon.
Beef with Broccoli Stir Fry
The Striped Spatula website has a recipe for stir fry – and who doesn’t like stir fry? It turned into part scavenger hunt and part cooking.
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Pork Chops, Apples, and Parsnips
We had a busy Halloween planned with our grandkids so I prepared a very simple one sheet pan dinner of pork chops, apples, and parsnips. Some of my friends tell me they could/would never cook some of the things I make because it looks hard. This is easy-peazey-lemon-squeezey: 3 main ingredients, 3 spices, and a bit of mustard.
