I decided to make a spring break meal full of veggies. I made the Rib Eye Stir-Fry, Dan Dan Noodles and chilled Hibiscus Tea from page 204. I was feeling rather cocky and proclaimed to my sister that I was gonna kill this thing in less than 30 minutes! She in her true little sister fashion smirked and dared me with the timer on her watch. Off I went with no worries! It was an awesome recipe to make with most of it being pre-assembled in the bowls. It was interesting combining so many different flavours in one dish, honey, garlic, chili oil, soy sauce and more. This was going to be a flavour explosion!
Well I was right! 27 minutes later baby and I had a kick ass stir fry! The hungry family of nine gathered around the table to dig in. The tea did not go over well and I agree. The flavour was much to bland and needed to be bolder. Probably didn't help that the very delicious Australian wine that I was drinking seemed to draw me in as opposed to the tea. The family seemed to give it a range of scores. Both boys said it was a four because they did not like the tea. Brylee was very opposed to the veggies and only offered up a three. Bryon said he has nothing to complain about and therefore gave it a five. He really appreciated the mix of all the different flavours and liked that every bite tasted different. Jo the smirky little sister loved everything. She gave it a six, Bryon said she couldn't break our blog rules and said she could only give it a five. I have never really been good at following rules and so I am gonna take my six! Simon have it a five, he just learned to count to five on his fingers so I think he just wanted to show it off. Once again I will take it!
Well my toughest critic stood on her little chair dressed in pink looking very tiny and innocent and in her loudest voice yelled "one". I am not surprised but am starting to take on a personal mission of making something that she gives higher than a three. Come on Mary, you have got to like something other than peanut butter!!!
Finally I asked what my beloved scruffy hubby thought of this awesome veggie filled delight. He very decisively gave everything a three. Apparently he had too much of our lovely Australian wine because he decided he should elaborate further. He said "If you made it again I would eat it but I would not request it. It tasted like food from an OK Asian strip mall place". Deep breaths and keep smiling.
So other than my bold hubby (who is gonna be eating peanut butter for the next week unless he decides to cook for himself) the meal was actually really good and this cook would make it again.
I love everyones honesty and enthusiasm for the food! This is only fun when everyone can share their real opinion. Bryon the brother in law has selected next weeks meal and is going to cook with me! Should be good! See you next week!
Trish
My kick ass Spring Break Stir Fry!
Delicious and Healthy in only 27 minutes for $2.60 per person!
Little sister doing the dishes! What fun!
My lovely Australian wine while I write my blog.
While some of the other diners had mixed feelings about this meal, I thought it was great. Another well done meal. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to the next one.
P.s. Beat the scruffy husband. ;-)
OK! So I need to clear up a couple of things:
ReplyDelete1)My post counts as the first official comment because I write more than a line and a half ... that’s right Bryon ... I am talking to you!!!
2)If it is a 3 I am gonna give it a 3 ... that is why we have the rating scale. If everything was a 5, why would we rate it?
3) I love you Trish! You are a great cook!
OK, that is cleared up. Good.
It is spring break, and on holidays life is good! We sleep in, watch some good movies (from start to finish without falling asleep), read good books, and eat good food. So tonight I sat down and my beautiful wife served up a meal that looked wonderful. I ate, I drank and it was good. Usually once I start eating the magic number pops into my head and I exclaim it with confidence within the first few bites. Tonight I ate, it was good, and after sometime I looked down at an empty bowl and when I thought to myself "what should I give this?" I found myself coming up with "hmmm ... not sure." This was a first and so I thought some more and decided that when I don't have a strong opinion either way then the middle road is the way to go ... ie:3! In hindsight I probably should have stopped short at the, "It tasted like food from an OK Asian strip mall place", but I was really trying to justify the three with a simile that would help to justify my numerical rating ... maybe next time I will just go with a numerical value and keep the creative elaboration/justification to my own scruffy self :)
It was good and my wife is gorgeous … and that is the final word on that :)
Holy crap I am the last one to enter my thoughts! So #1 I always think food tastes better when someone else makes it for me, especially now that I have gone back to work full time, so I thought with such a variety of ingredients ( which ask Bryon, variety is my fav!) a little bit of noodles, steak, beansprout and different veggies,it worked great and the sauce make it pop, definitely a delicious twist to a not so ordinary stir fry. 5+ stars :)
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