A Simple Veggie Stir Fry

When you are short of time, here is a quick veggie stir fry to make. First mince two cloves of garlic with two quarter size pieces of fresh ginger. Also cut up green beans (I used Chinese long beans from the garden), two green peppers and two small zucchini’s. Mushrooms would be good with this too, but I didn’t have any.

Begin by pouring some olive oil in your stir fry pan. Then add the green beans. This veggie takes a little longer than the others. It pays to not stir your veggies once in a while, so they burn a little bit for flavor.

Then add your garlic and ginger. You always have to stir quickly when they are added. 

Next add the green pepper.

Here again, instead of always stirring, once in a while let it sit on the fire, for a bit of charred pieces. 

Then in goes the zucchini!  When it is almost done sprinkle on some soy sauce and vegetarian oyster sauce. 

Toss and quickly serve the dish in a bowl. You could garnish The dish with sesame seeds and scallions. Keep the sriracha handy, if desired. 

Needs in Life

Maria Rose wrote in her interesting blog, "Little Things are Big"
(http://maria-rose.blogspot.com/)
what she really needs in life. Her needs listed in the December 12 post are:

1. Food, water shelter
2. Healthy relationships
3. Creative output

Nothing else! How about that! Now I would totally agree with that - but I think meaningful work would have to be added to my list. However, you might say that meaningful work and creative output are the same thing. In that case, creative output would absolutely suffice!

All of this simplifying and organizing I am doing lately would also fall into the creative output category. It's not exactly fun work, (and not exactly creative) but will be so satisfying and such a joy when it it done.

Of course, under the food, water and shelter category, "healthy" could also be included as a good descriptor.

Then again, I would want to add art, books, poetry and beautiful visual aesthetics. Oh dear, my needs are not that simple.

Enjoy the day dear friends, and some simple, delicious vegan food!