Honey Ginger Stir Fry

I love red onions, but they look kinda slimy in a stir-fry, don't they?

I should really do a Julie/Julia thing with the Pinch of Yum blog, because I've probably cooked my way through 10% of her recipes already. At the very least, I need to go back through my blog entries and categorize together everything I've made from the blog. In the meantime, I'll just say a big thanks to Lindsay for providing us with so many fantastic meals. She has yet to lead us astray.

For this one, I followed the exact sauce recipe from her Honey Ginger Tofu and Vegetable Stir-Fry recipe. I bought baked tofu from Trader Joe's instead of frying up tofu of my own (my pregnant achey hips are eager for short-cuts in the kitchen right now), and I grabbed whatever vegetables looked fresh and easy to prepare. Those ended up being asparagus, spinach, mushrooms, red onions, and celery.

The sauce has a real ginger punch but it's perfectly balanced with the honey. I also really like this sauce because it's super easy and I almost always have the ingredients on hand.

I noticed that in the original recipe, she suggests cooking the asparagus with some sauce right off the bat. I didn't do this because the asparagus needed less cooking time than some of my other veggies (onions and mushrooms) and I didn't want to cook the mushrooms in sauce, but it seems like a really good idea for asparagus. I'll remember it for another time.

The Recipe:
3 cloves garlic
2 tb fresh ginger, grated
2 tb honey
1/2 c soy sauce
1/4 c water
1/4 c rice wine vinegar
1/4 c canola oil
your choice of vegetables and protein for stir-frying
rice, for serving (I like brown rice for this)

Blend sauce ingredients in magic bullet or other blending device
Stir-fry vegetables and proteins over high heat until just cooked enough
Add sauce, mix to combine
Serve over rice

The Verdict:

Overall grade: A-

Overall reason: Easy, tasty, healthy. Just what I look for.

Time to prepare: 10 minutes, unless you have stir-fry ingredients that need a long time to cook. (Plus time to cook rice, but that takes no effort with a rice cooker.)

Husband quote: "SMELLS GOOD."

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