Monday, October 3, 2011

Sweet and Sour Pork and Vegetable Fried Rice


Sweet and Sour Pork

1 lb pork, cubed
Oil as needed
¼ C brown sugar
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 Tbsp cornstarch
Juice from 1 large orange
¼ C water
1/3 C vinegar
1 green pepper, chopped

Heat oil in a wok or large skillet and cook pork and green pepper until cooked through. Meanwhile in a small saucepan prepare the sauce by mixing together the brown sugar, soy sauce, cornstarch, orange juice, vinegar and water. When sauce is well combined and pork cooked, pour sauce over pork in the wok, turn down the heat and simmer until the sauce thickens about 10 minutes.  

Vegetable Fried Rice

4 C. cooked rice
1 cup diced green onions
1 package frozen stir fry vegetables
2 whole eggs
pinch of salt and black pepper
1 Tbsp soy sauce

Heat wok or large skillet, add 3 Tbsp vegetable oil, add eggs and scramble in wok.  Add green onions, stir fry one minute.  Add rice and frozen vegetables, fry until rice is hot. Add soy sauce, salt and pepper  Mix thoroughly.

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Happy Homemaker Monday

The weather in my neck of the woods:
It's hot today but we are supposed to be getting some rain soon.


Things that make me happy:
Cooking


Book I'm reading:
none


What's on my TV today:
nothing


On the menu for dinner:
Crockpot Chicken and Potato Chowder, Homemade Bread, and a Salad


On my To Do List:

Homeschooling
Clean the bathrooms
Pay the bills


New Recipe I tried or want to try soon:
Roasted BBQ Chicken






In the craft basket:
A lap blanket for my mom


Looking forward to this week:
My daughters softball game on Saturday


Tips and Tricks:
No tips


My favorite blog post this week:
I haven't been reading to many posts


Blog Hopping (a new discovered blog you would like to share with the readers):
See above


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Lesson learned the past few days:

Anger never solves anything it just makes things worse


On my mind:
Homeschooling





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