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Be my baby bok choy

bok choy

Remember those green beans I put in the freezer last summer? The technique of freezing them fresh without blanching them first was absolute perfection. But alas, those beans are gone and I’m in need of something green. I grabbed some bok choy at the Co-op and it was flavorful and delicious…stir-fried with garlic, tons of ginger, a dash each of rice wine, soy sauce, and chili oil.

What are you eating for vegetables?

February 25, 2008 | Filed Under Wisconsin, canning and preserving, food, ginger, low carb, low cal, quick and easy, recipe, vegetable 

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6 Responses to “Be my baby bok choy”

  1. leena! on February 26th, 2008

    Hey Vanessa! I’m tagging you for a meme, 5 sordid facts about you. Check out my blog for details!

    For my veggies, I am currently obsessed with roasted corn on the cob with chipotle butter (it’s the end of summer here) and zucchini slices tossed with olive, thyme, chopped garlic, and topped with butter and panko crumbs. Not healthy, but totally addicting!

  2. Peggasus on February 26th, 2008

    How do you get all this good stuff in Wisconsin in the middle of the winter? I am jealous. I wish I lived near a hippie school.

    The selection here in East Central Illinois isn’t very good right now, not even counting the fact that I live in a small town with only one grocery store. I was thrilled that I was able to find some escarole today for the pasta and bean soup I am making for dinner tonight. That’s pretty exotic for these here parts.

    So I’ve been making a lot of those BirdsEye Steamfresh bags lately; they’re really very good, especially the green beans. Seriously, they taste just as good as fresh.

  3. JEP on February 26th, 2008

    Your photo is beautiful! I love butternut squash but these last couple have been lacking in flavor:( Often buy red cabbage. Spring brings asparagus, right…and rhubarb!

  4. schmoof on February 27th, 2008

    If you can get to any asian supermarkets, white fermented bean curd with chilli and sesame oil is great for stir frying veg like bok choi and water spinach in. My current favourite is steamed choi sum with oyster sauce. Love the blog!

  5. vanessa on February 27th, 2008

    leena, only five…jeez…I’ve got at least a dozen. But on second thought, perhaps it’s better to retain some of my mystery (snarfly guffaw!!).
    As for you and the corn, garlic, zucchini…I’m happy for you…really I am!

    Peggasus, escarole…mmmm leafy green heaven. The bok choy and kale are the oly things that look good around here. I might try the birds-eye if this continues. Glad to have another midwestern reader…welcome!

    JEP, there’s a great essay about asparagus in the book In the Kitchen With An Eggplant. I keep re-reading it just to remind me that asparagus does exist. I’m sick of squash.

    schmoof, we have a great asian market and I need to get there…I’m just apathetic, or perhaps pathetic…hmmmm. Thanks for the kind words.

  6. JEP on February 27th, 2008

    Vanessa—I have read “Alone in The Kitchen…” all the way thru at least 3 times & pick-up the book & re-read one essay whenever & one being “Asparagus Superhero”. I love this book & recommend it constantly!

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