This week we were able to cook and create a recipe from home! I chose to make a veggie stir fry. I do not eat meat so I love to buy different vegetables and throw them all together into some sort of dish. I thought the vegetables that I already had at home would go great with some rice and sweet and sour sauce! The recipe I created is as follows:
1 orange bell pepper 1 yellow bell pepper 3 stalks of broccoli 1/2 bunch of asparagus 2 tbsp sesame seeds 1/2 jar of sweet and sour sauce 2 bags of boil-in-bag brown rice
This recipe is super simple and anyone can do it! Basically just cut up the vegetables how you want and steam them! Then just boil the rice, roast the sesame seeds, mix it all together and you have a delicious meal! Aside from being delicious, this recipe also offers some great health benefits. Asparagus offers lots of fiber, folate, and vitamins A, C, and K. It is great for digestion and even helps lower blood pressure! Bell peppers are a great source of vitamins A and C as well as potassium. They also offer lots of fiber and iron. These are great to boost your immune system and keep your gut healthy. Broccoli is packed with lots of vitamins and minerals and has great antioxidant properties. It helps destroy free radicals roaming around the body. Broccoli also has bioactive compounds that can act as an anti-inflammatory. Brown rice is full of B vitamins and magnesium which actually decrease your risk for metabolic syndrome. Sesame seeds are a great source of fiber as well as essential minerals like copper, magnesium, and calcium. As you can see this recipe is full of amazing nutrients and is super easy to make!
I used two cooking techniques that I had recently learned from this class. I used the steaming method to steam all of the vegetables together. I put them in some water, covered, and let them steam for about 10 minutes. I also used the roasting method to roast the sesame seeds. I has never even known to roast seeds before so it was fun to try it at home! Overall, this assignment was really fun and I got to create a new recipe that I can now use forever!
If you would like to see a video of me making this dish, you can view it below!
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