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Stir Fry Those Fresh Veggies!

Last night I used a couple of carrots, some radishes, an onion, a large zucchini, and a squash in a wonderful stir fry dish. I cut up the carrots, zucchini, and squash in sizeable strips. I diced the radishes and onion. All of this went into a large snapware bowl with Dale's low sodium seasoning poured over the top to marinade for at least 20-30 minutes. While it might not be the healthiest thing, I put a generous spoonful of country crock butter in a large skillet and heated it on high; yes you could use vegetable or olive oil. I added the veggies to this hot butter, turned down the heat, and marinated them for a good 20 minutes on medium. *TIP* - When your onions are translucent, the stir fry is done! As I wanted something a bit different than the usual white rice, I broke a handful of spaghetti noodles into thirds and cooked them while veggies cooked! I then served the stir fried veggies over the short spaghetti noodles. This one dish was the entire meal! It was nothing fancy, but it was easy to prepare and it was delicious!

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Posted by Rich Dansereau on 07/12/2008 08:53 PM

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38 Comments on Stir Fry Those Fresh Veggies!

JUL

2008

yummy! btw, real butter is so much better for you than all the other stuff.

Rich.. This sounds good.. even with all the butter. I like stir frys.. maybe I'll try this...

Did you overnight me some? I'm hungry now, thanks! lol Good or bad, I like butter too sometimes. Mostly olive oil, but sometimes, you just need the butter!

Mara - It was great! I will have to pick up some real butter for next time!

Valerie - My home grown veggies made it even better!

Chris - I usually use olive or vegetable oil but I went for the butter this time!

Rich...your talents are endless!

Rich, there's nothing like cooking with fresh garden vegetables that you've grown yourself. The deer made a midnight snack of my tomato plants, I'm hoping they recover!

Rich, something tells me these were from your garden post! Any way to get a really, really fresh egg into it?

JUL

2008

Joan - LOL! You are much too kind!

Debbie - Tomatoes are pretty hardy. Try planting marigolds around your veggies as the deer can't stand the smell of them and are a real deterrent!

Patricia - They are indeed from my garden post! If you whip an egg or two beforehand and all it to the saucepan a several minutes before the stir-fry is done it should be great! I add eggs when I am sauteing veggies for fried rice and that seems to work out pretty well! That is what I need to make for dinner! Fried Rice! Yum!

That sounds YUMMY!! So simple...which doubles the pleasure! Love the idea of using the spaghetti instead of rice...Clever boy!

Kim - <<<smile>>> I love rice but I am a huge pasta fan!

JUL

2008

I never thought about using radishes in stir fry before. Did you get points for your recipe?

Julie - I diced them so they were more for flavor than anything else! I used both sweet and hot banana peppers as well, I forgot to include them in the post! Yep, I got points for the post!

Rich, I will add the marigolds, though I told hubby it would help a lot to CLOSE the gate to the garden, we shouldn't invite the deer in to eat!

Debbie - I don't even know if the marigolds would deter such an invite!

JUL

2008

Rich, I have to agree with everyone that the best meal is one that you grow yourself and prepare yourself.

Danny - Agreed! Now if those chickens would just start laying! Maybe I could frighten them into laying sooner. Let them in on a little couple of little secrets...buffalo wings aren't made from buffalo and they are served outside of Buffalo!

JUL

2008

No tormenting the chickens guys. : )

Chris - Would never! They couldn't be more spoiled! LOL!

That is my kind of a meal, ummm!! Sounds excellent esp. since I am not much of a meat eater, I think I would have added a glass of wine too...

Rich - I had a feeling! : )

Chris

JoLynn - It was very tasty and there was enough for lunch the next day!

Chris - I can't even pretend big and bad...then again, I wouldn't want to!

Sound's wonderful...love that Dale's seasoning...use it on eye round roasts...

If I ate, what you posted...I would stay home all night alone...

radishes are just like a tum's...LOL!

JUL

2008

Karen - LOL! Wouldn't want you to be home all alone because of a radish, you could always substitute fresh mushrooms! I would like to take this opportunity to insert into your head a wonderful commercial, click HERE! LOL!

I agree with Karen, mushrooms would be great. I love mushroms, and think that my salads have more mushrooms on them than lettuce.

Julie - Mushrooms are definitely one of my favorites! I love them raw, stir fried, sauteed, or deep fried!

JUL

2008

Yummy Rich...this sounds great and gives me something to try with all of the frest veggies that everyone is giving from their gardens and I love stir-fry and butter! Thanks for sharing!

JUL

2008

Patty - Stir fry is one of my favorites! Check out my post on Deep Frying! Another great way yo fix the veggies!

JUL

2008

Rich,

I eat radishes when I have indigestion! They work better than a Tum's...now back up to the link you sent to me.

Rich,

That was funny! Thanks, I'll stick to the radish...I cannot remember the last time I had Peptobismal!

Karen - LOL! Now I understand, radishes soothe your stomach! Glad you liked the video! LOL!

JUL

2008

Yep, a radish is cheaper than one tum's and it work's...My mother actually told her MD about this...he was quiet for awhile...then said to her..."She might be right..similarities"... it work's!

Karen - Next time I am having stomach issues, I will give it a try! I have an abundance of radishes!

Rich,

You can also use Diakon's which are long white radishes...they are usually real fresh when they are about 10 inches long and an inch and a half around. You can slice them and put them on bread with a little mayo or ranch dressing and it's a great local snack...It has the same result as eating a few red radishes...

You will be amazed at how radishes act as a "natural" antacid!