STIR-FRIED PEPPERS, CARROTS & GREEN BEANS: vegan.high fibre, healthy, easy

Veg drawer leftovers: perfect, healthy, budget-friendly dish...and delicious, too...

Wonderful colour contrast plus crunchy & toothsome textures
'this was great; perfectly sized veg, easily digested by kids & oldies'

67goingon50 always manages to have at least one carrot and part of a bell pepper in the veg drawer at the end of the week.

They're usually still in good condition and combining them with some of the newly bought veg in a bright and breezy stir-fry is a no-brainer.

What defeats most non-Asian cooks about stir-fries is getting the timing right.  Hard vegetables like carrots & cauliflower need the most cooking, things like  courgettes come next and finally, quick cooking veg like green beans & tenderstem broccoli need the least amount of cooking.

It also helps if all the veg are in similar sizes before cooking.

Cost: minimal

Feeds: 2

Ingredients:

1 carrot

1/3-1/2 bell pepper

generous handful green beans

generous handful mange tout or tenderstem broccoli

       peanut or other vegetable oil

       soy sauce

       sherry or grape juice (opt)

       splash of tap water

Method:

1. Heat a wok or frying pan over high heat until smoking hot; add a tsp or two of oil
2. Toss in carrots; stir fry a min; add pepper; stir fry another minute, stirring constantly until carrots are nearly completely cooked
3. Toss in green beans and other quick cook veg; add a splash of water; cook one minute
4. Add a splash of sherry & soy sauce; stir; put a lid on; cook a further minute or until done to your liking
5. Pour into serving dish

Comments:

'Beautifully cooked with wonderful textures. Should please oldies & toddlers.' Retired writer

Tips:

• Usually 'Hard" vegetables like carrots & cauliflower are cooked first; med-hard like green beans, mange tout & thickly sliced mushrooms next; salad veg like peppers, celery or bean sprouts last.  But this will depend on personal preference; ie in this recipe, the Blogger prefers the peppers to be well done 
• Other suitable veg include: small cauliflower florets, thickly sliced mushrooms, mange tout, green beans, Chinese leaf, carrot & celery sticks

           

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This recipe has been developed by B M Lee/ Bright Sun Enterprises.  It may not be reproduced without the author's written permission