Cabbage and Rice

 Saute the onion and garlic for about 5 minutes...

 Then add the shredded cabbage and sliced carrots....

 Cook til desired doneness...

 Yummy!  I made a sauce to pour over the top...

 Serve on top of rice...  :)

I tried for the whole month of December to do no meat and no milk products for any meals.  I wanted to see how I felt and how the kids were acting by not giving them the meat and milk products.  Ok, they got milk in the morning, but I stayed away completely!  I am pretty proud of myself too!

We don't normally eat a lot of meat anyways, so it wasn't a huge deal, but wanted to omit it completely! 

Yea, December what not the greatest month to do that "diet"!  haha!!  So I am trying to continue that for this month!  :)

This is really easy and very few ingredients, which makes it cheap, but tasty!  :)


Cabbage and Rice

Heat 2 TBSP coconut oil in skillet...  add chopped onions and garlic, stir and cook about 5 minutes.

Add 4 cups finely sliced cabbage and 1/2 cup chopped or sliced carrots.

Stir fry for about 5 minutes or until veggies are your desired doneness.

Add:
1/8 tsp paprika
1 tsp salt
dash of pepper
2 t soy sauce
Stir thoroughly until well blended and pour over the cabbage. 
Serve immediately over rice.

Enjoy!  :)

Chicken Stir Fry

I grew up on Stir Fry! Cabbage stir fry! :) I loved it when my mom would whip out the wok and I knew we'd be having some supper yummy stir fry!!! :) I loved helping her cook the meat. I thought (as a kid) that it was soo cool to stir that chicken around in the wok. Don't ask, I was weird...
Ok, I still am! ;)

Anywho...

What I loved about this is I used ALL fresh produce from the Farmer's Market and used leftover rotisserie chicken I had bought. So with the chicken I got 2 meals in one! WHOO HOO!!!!!!!!!
Yes, little things excited me! ;) (especially when I got TWO chickens for 5 bucks!!!!)

Ok, getting back to the recipe...

You can use as much or as little as you want! It just depends on how much you need to feed your family, or you...

I used half a head of cabbage just because I had so many other things to add! And you can add more than what I did!

Place cabbage in cast iron skillet coated with a bit of coconut oil (you don't need a cast iron skillet or coconut oil... ;))


Cut up, green zucchini, yellow squash, patty pan squash, red and green pepper


Add the cut up veggies to cabbage in skillet


Mix it all together


Cut up cooked chicken


Add chicken to veggies


Stir it up


Serve over jasmine rice (or any other rice! Brown, white, etc...)



Stir Fry

(there really isn't an "special" recipe for this, you can add and change ANYTHING to this!!! This is what I used this time, it isn't always the same!)

Half a head of cabbage
1 green zucchini
1 yellow squash
half of a red pepper
half of a green pepper
1 patty pan squash
Cut up chicken (I honestly don't know how much! I don't measure, I dump! ;))

Cut up cabbage, as small as you want. I like it small bite size pieces
Dice up the rest of the veggies and place in med-high skillet with the cabbage. Cook until almost done and then add chicken until it is the desired tenderness that you want. I like my not firm, but cooked through, if that makes sense! :)
Serve with rice, or just by itself!

*I wanted to add some mushrooms to this, but didn't have any on hand.
You can always add onions.
I think I may have added some Adobo spice to this as well. Before I discovered this AWESOME spice, I would add some salt and pepper and garlic salt.
I also like to add chopped up garlic, about 3-4 cloves!
The possibilities are endless with stir fry! :)
You can make it vegetarian as well.
Post comments, let me know how you like to make yours!