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Chinese Vegetable Stir Fry!

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If you are ever craving Chinese food, but don’t want to pay for delivery, or have to wonder how fresh your take out is. Not to worry, this vitamin K, C and Calcium packed stir fry will fulfill all your needs! It’s so fresh, and takes less then 30 minutes to make… if you are quick, like me!

From researching here’s just a few benefits that I found of eating this delicious meal: Vitamin C helps keep your immune system in check. While vitamin K helps in creating bone density, and preventing blood clots. Calcium makes your teeth pearly white nd bones strong! That sounds pretty good to me!

*These instructions are guidelines only. Food handling, oven temperatures and cooking times may vary*

Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes

What you need:

  1. 4 baby bok choy’s
  2. 1 celery stalk
  3. 1/2 cup sugar snap peas
  4. 1 bag of bean sprouts (rinsed)
  5. 1 tbsp of vegetable oil
  6. 1/2 tsp pepper
  7. 1/4 cup vegetable or chicken broth
  8. 1/3 cup of low sodium soy sauce
  9. Very large frying pan or wok
  10. Large bowl or container
  11. 4 cups boiling water

Let’s get cooking!

  1. Heat frying pan
  2. Add oil and pepper to pan – simmer for 3 minutes
  3. Add broth to frying pan
  4. In a kettle, boil 4 cups of water
  5. While water is boiling rinse bean sprouts well
  6. Place bean sprouts in a bowl with the boiling water for 5 minutes
  7. Drain sprouts then add to frying pan
  8. Rinse celery, snap peas, bok choy and cut the leaves off, chop up celery
  9. Add vegetables to the pan and stir
  10. Cover with lid and let cook for 10-14 minutes on medium heat, stirring often (until desired tenderness)

Enjoy!

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