Thursday, May 19, 2011

Speedy Sweet Tater Stir-Fry

Hey guys! Happy Emilyday. What is the good word? I’m getting more and more excited for the coming weekend – I’m so pumped to have my parents here and receive my degree. Woot! Do you guys have any weekend plans that you are looking forward to?

In preparation for my house guests, I had a bunch of cleaning and errands to run after work today. Alas, an easy and fast dinner was a must. Enter – speedy sweet tater stir fry. This dinner is really easy, super tasty and even provides a single-diner with leftovers.

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Here’s what you’ll need:

1 medium sized sweet potato
½ an onion
1-2 cloves of garlic
1 can of drained and rinsed chick peas
1-2 cups of broccoli (fresh or thawed frozen)
Brown rice or grain of choice

Optional:

Peanut sauce
Soy sauce
Red pepper flake

Here’s what you do:

Prepare rice or grain according to directions
Peel and chop the sweet potato into 1-inch (ish) cubes
Place on microwave safe plate and nuke for 3-4 minutes or until soft
Chop onion and garlic
Sautee onion and garlic in olive oil until slightly browned
Add sweet potatoes, broccoli and chick peas to pan

I wanted a bit of a kick to this, so I then added some peanut sauce, a dash of lower sodium tamari and some red pepper flake. Served over my brown rice – this was pretty awesome. :) Did I mention the leftovers for lunch tomorrow?

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I hope you guys have a great night!

Em

7 comments:

Lee said...

Have fun with your 'rents!

melissanibbles said...

Enjoy this weekend. Very exciting for you! Congratulations!

Sarah said...

YUM!!!! Oh how I long for a stove! But I did get (almost all) of our floors in yesterday!!! WAHOO! more today! :)

Di said...

Congrats, Em! Have a fantastic weekend!

Alaina said...

Hello! I just found your blog through Melissa Nibbles and I saw that you're graduating from Endicott! I went there and graduated in '06. Did you go there for your bachelors too??

Bianca @ Confessions of a Chocoholic said...

I love an easy stir fry but never think of adding chickpeas! Great idea!

Jess said...

That looks SO good!!