Beef and Veggie Stir-Fry (or, how you get your kids to eat ALL. THE. VEGETABLES.)

Do you stir-fry? If so, Yay! If not, why not?

It can look complicated, but I assure you, stir-fry is simple and easy and you can use pretty much whatever you have on hand.

For example, the beef and veggie stir-fry I made last week contained the following ingredients:

-One sirloin steak

-Various chopped up veggies (broccoli and carrots)

-Corn starch

-Soy sauce

-Ginger (powdered)

-Asian fish sauce

-Sesame ginger salad dressing

(Basically, if it was in my fridge and looked/sounded/tasted Asian-like, it went in this dinner.)

Also, I have discovered that by cutting carrots into "ribbons" the children will find them to be delightful and will happily eat them up without complaint.

Slice meat thinly and sprinkle with corn starch and ginger (or whatever meat seasoning you like.) Saute the steak and veggies in a hot pan with a little bit of sesame/olive/vegetable/canola oil. You don't even need a wok, although if you have one, great, use it!

Some peeps like stir-fry with noodles, others with rice. Your dinner, your choice. I had a package of rice noodles in the pantry. I boiled them quickly, drained them, and added them to the veggie and meat pan. Then I added a dash or two of each of my Asian sauces and mixed it all around a few times. Sometimes I even add a spoonful of peanut butter. No child will ever refuse vegetable is you tell them they're covered in peanut butter : )

When I have some, I add a sprinkling of crunchy noodles, because everyone likes the crunchy noodles.

Dinner is Served!