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Sunday, June 7, 2009

Soy sauce Pork Stir-fry (Tofu stir-fry for Vegans).

I've been studying Masanobu Fukuoka style of agriculture. I love this quote:

"The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops,
but the cultivation and perfection of human beings."
--Masanobu Fukuoka.

Lets go out and see what's ready to get picked from our backyard garden, shall we?

Broccoli: I have four broccoli plants and I've already harvested one large broccoli heads from each of the three plants. This is the last plant with one large head and we shall take it. The cool thing about broccoli plants are the many harvest you can get from the side shoots. Tomorrow I'll go back and start picking side shoots from previously harvested plants.

Baby Carrots: My carrot bed needed thinning and my kids love to eat baby carrots. Especially right after they've been picked and washed from the garden.

Snow peas: I love peas and my family likes to just go out to the garden and break off some pods and munch! Awesome snacks for the kids. I planted 12 pea plants and three long bean plants. Today I've only got harvests from the snow pea plants.

Here we are with vegetables that survived munching little mouths.
1/2 lb. Pork
Carrots
Broccoli
Snow Peas
1-2 Cloves garlic (I forgot to put it in this picture)
1 TBS Soy Sauce
1 TBS Mirin
2 TBS Water
Olive oil
(Vegan replace pork with Tofu.)

While the rice is in the rice cooker or in a pot on the stove top, prep your ingredients.

In a skillet on med-high grill the pork with some olive oil.
Vegan: Do the same with tofu, turning them carefully to not break the tofu form.

When the pork turns a little brown, add garlic. Then add the mirin, and soy sauce, mix well. Add the vegetables and water. Cover and let the vegetable steam for 2 minutes or until soft. Your done.

Ta-Da! Easy?
Garnish with freshly opened nasturtium flowers. Nasturtium flowers have a radishy flavor.

Soy Sauce Tofu stir-fry. My vegetarian son really likes this dish.


Servings: 3 Adults, 2 Children
Cooking time: 30 min.
Costs: $2.30

Lets Break it down:
Rice : $0.38
Pork I bought these on sale $0.99 per lb I used 1/2 lb.: $0.50
Tofu $2 a box. I used 1/3 box: $0.67
Garlics: $0.05
Sauces & Oil: $0.70
Vegetables: $0
Total: $2.30

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