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Chicken & Vegetable Stir~Fry

A wok that is nearly filled with green beans, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, and even some chicken breast, along with a smiley wooden spatula.
A wok that is nearly filled with green beans, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, and even some chicken breast, along with a smiley wooden spatula.
Mr. Smiley, the happy wooden spatula, wasn’t the only one excited about this chicken & many vegetable stir~fry!

After a long week with a lot of pain, I didn’t have enough motivation to cook again until almost the last day of the three~day weekend. And, with all the lovely replies to my last post—both here and on social media—I was inspired to make something simple, which I surprisingly hadn’t made in ages: stir~fry!

There’s no recipe to be had here…I sautéed a couple bags of frozen veggies (one bag of broccoli / cauliflower / carrot mix & one bag of green beans), then a couple of sliced chicken breasts, and finally stirred them together with a ginger soy marinade, and served it all over jasmine rice.

A large white bowl, filled half with jasmine rice, half with chicken and vegetable stir fry, and with a pair of chopsticks on the edge of the bowl.
Sometimes even the simplest things can make the biggest difference…and sometimes, even the simple things can be a humbling experience.

To be honest, though, standing to cook even a simple stir~fry made my back hurt tremendously all over again. But finally, sitting down to enjoy it was so much better than all the instant foods or take~out in all of the world…and certainly better than any of them which I had eaten in the previous few days! Sometimes, there really is no substitute for a humble, home cooked meal.

My sincere thanks to everyone who buoyed my pained spirits with pictures and posts of what they had cooked recently…especially the always amazing Rafaela, whose own dinner inspired mine. ❤︎

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