(via aisa)
- 3/4c short grain brown rice, quinoa, or pasta.
- 2tbsp soy sauce
- 1tbsp agave nectar or honey
- 1tbsp oil (olive oil is fine, any cooking oil will do)
- 4-6 mushrooms
- 1 small onion
- 1 red pepper
- 1 small can of cubed pineapple
- 1 zucchini or zucchini squash
- 1 pack of seitan
- 4 cloves garlic (optional)
- bok choy or chard (optional)
- a pinch of oregeno (optional)
- a pinch of thyme (optional)
- a pinch of basil (optional)
start cooking the short grain brown rice, quinoa, or pasta according to box. if you don't have a box, cook short grain brown rice covered 35 minutes in 2x water. quinoa covered for 15 minutes in 2x water, or pasta covered in water until cooked. my favorite is quinoa, but that is weird and hippy. the other two grains are easier to come by. :)
drain the pineapple juice. drink it if you like (it's yummy!) or add the juice to your grain by subtracting an equal amount of water.
chop all vegetables, mixing together the mushrooms, onions, and garlic in one bowl and the pepper, pineapple, zucchini and seitan in another. keep the leafy greens (bok choy or chard) separate.
combine together 2tbsp of soy sauce, 1tbsp agave nectar or honey, and 1tbsp (olive) oil. stir together in a wok or frying pan over a medium or medium low heat.
once mixture is warm (it won't take but a minute) add the onions and mushrooms to the pan. add a little bit of salt (salt brings out the flavor of the onions, while the mushrooms absorb much of the liquid and flavor in that) stir and cover, cooking ~5 minutes. add the remaining vegetables and spices and cook covered until tender. i like my vegetables underdone and still crunchy, but you can cook it until it tastes good.
if you're an expert, add the bok choy or chard when there is 5 minutes left to go on the stir fry. if you're not an expert, steam them separately and mix with other vegetables afterwards. leafy greens lose a *lot* of volume while steaming. so add a bunch.
mix together in a big pot (i mix them in my wok) and serve!
the above vegetables are a good combination. but really, anything you've got you can chop up and turn into a meal.
things i'm going to adjust for next time:
- plan ahead so i can actually find quinoa and seitan.
- make a salad for before and some kind of little dessert for after
- red pepper x 2 and more mushrooms (they were the most delicious part; i think the ones i used were kind of small)
- adjust timing so the grain isn't done too much before the stir fry (this was mostly due to my own ineptitude with cutting vegetables i think)
also, make more and use in a wrap the next day!