Ways To Stir Fry Veggies

One of the most exciting dishes that you can prepare on a regular basis for your family is stir fry vegetable dishes. One of the reasons that stir fry veggie dishes are exciting is that they are generally very colorful due to the variety of vegetables included. Stir fry veggie dishes are a great alternative to add healthy vegetables to any meal.

Stir fry veggie dishes are generally prepared on either a large skillet, frying pan or wok. Oil is used for cooking and the best option is either olive oil for a lighter taste or peanut oil for a fuller oriental style taste you might want to create. For those that are monitoring their caloric consumption and looking for a low calorie, but very delicious meal, use one of the spray oil products such as PAM and your stir fry vegetable dishes will not only cook well, but still be very low in calories.

For those that would like to cook strictly stir fry veggie dishes that are oriental in nature, purchase a wok. A wok is relatively budget friendly and is ideal for stir fry dishes due to the fact that the wok can get very hot, generally much hotter than even a pan.

Oriental Stir Fry
Oriental stir fry vegetable dishes are extremely easy to make and can be prepared and cooked in less than 20 minutes.
-1 onion
-1 red pepper
-1 large can of Chinese vegetables (usually includes water chestnuts, bamboo shoots and baby corn).
-Soy sauce to taste (try low sodium soy sauce for those trying to reduce their salt intake).
-Olive oil
Once you cut the vegetables up, heat up the wok and then add a little oil, now add your contents into the wok and stir them around. A wooden spoon or other utensil is helpful. It is important to keep the food moving around because the wok can be very hot and burn items that stay stationary for long periods of time. This recipe makes about 2 servings.

Super Easy Stir Fry (about 15 minutes to prepare and cook)
If you are in a rush and would like to make a meal for your family that not only tastes good, but is very delicious, you can buy pre packaged stir fry mixes.

-1 stir fry mix package. These mixes are complete with everything you need. Often times they include vegetables such as green beans, water chestnuts, rice, baby corn, bamboo shoots, peppers, etc. Some might even include chicken, beef or pork.
-A few tablespoons of olive oil

Just lightly oil your wok or pan, heat on a medium temperature and stir away for 10 to 15 minutes. Follow the serving suggestions for your stir fry mix package.

Stir Fry Veggie Variations
Besides the above stir fry recipes, you can easily add fish, shrimp or tofu to your stir fry. Another great idea is to add your stir fry to Thai style noodles which can include a spicy sauce.

For additional great recipes from Christine Steendahl, "The Menu Mom", log onto http://www.themenumom.com and for another delicious stir-fry recipe log onto http://www.dinewithoutwhine.com/stir-fry-vegetable-recipe.htm

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