Stir Fry Shenanigans

Today we were denied of sweet desserts and instead came actual food! We met up with the girls that will likely be our roommates for next year, and because we spent all that time in the living room nothing got cooked, until Kyle started whining for dinner. We didn't have anything good in the apartment, and we were in the mood for Chinese, so we piled into Steph's car and headed to Publix. We wandered the aisles and decided on lo mien, so we bought some noodles and an onion, and some hummus for Kyle, then headed back to the apartment.

Me cooking the stir fry - the camera makes the oven turn purple

It was raining like crazy, but Stephen was very nice and let me wear his raincoat. Everyone else ran from the car into the apartment, but I got to go through the downpour mostly dry.

We got back to the apartment and made some delicious lo mien.

Short version of the recipe:

• Noodles, boiled and put under the sauce
• Stir fry meat (about 1 lb)
• Garlic cloves crushed by me (I love doing the garlic press)
• Onion, chopped
• Frozen vegetables (carrots, peas, and corn)
• Spices: curry, ginger, cayenne pepper, chili powder, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, all to taste
• Soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, and some stir fry sauce. All to taste of course.

I'm not really sure how Steph knows how much to put in, but it's always the right amount. Water was put on to boil and it simmered until after the vegetables. Onions and garlic was sauteed, then the meat with spices was added. These were stirred until the meat was browned, then the frozen vegetables were added. The noodles started in the pot then, and when it was all done was served noodles with stir fry on top.

Finished product!

While I was doing the stir fry, I got to beat up meat! Yaaaay! And Stephen and Kyle had a towel fight - apparently Kyle is very good with a towel as a whip, but he is weak against wooden spoons with stir fry sauce on them!



So we ate the delicious stir fry lo mien and sat around the living room just joking around. I choked on tea at one point, and we made lots of awkward jokes and messed with our friend Emily's head through multiple logins by the three of us.

Another night down in the delicious kitchen of CSA 106.
-Kate