Day 6: Saved the best for last

Divested myself of a six-month old can of chickpeas and all the leftover veggies in the crisper on this, which was super and super-easy. I was surprised how much of it the kiddo ate. She loves rice, and chowed down on the brown basmati we served with it, as expected. She didn’t go for the chickpeas, but ate a lot of the tomatoes, mushrooms and bell peppers.
It’s always nice to throw something together out of the fridge leftovers and end up with a new dinner staple.

Chickpea curry as captured by crappy cellphone camera.

EDF Day 5: Half and half (still half-assed)

Toddler version.

Today I used up the last half of a bag of frozen broccoli with fresh carrots and fresh ginger, and the other half of a pound of beef stir fry strips I bought at Whole Foods last week. The result? My version of Chinese restaurant broccoli beef.

It’s based on this version I found on Recipezaar, but I used rice vinegar instead of sherry and, of course, added the carrots.
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