Thursday, February 9, 2023

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Veggie art and A Stir Fry

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date! I am showing some pattypan squash for the 'Veggie' art theme this week (ACEO 2 1/2" x 3 1/2").  It came to mind when I saw chef Jamie Oliver demonstrating the use of them as a raw salad on TV!  He cut these little squashes into small pieces and dressed them with a delicious salad dressing!  Most people probably cook their squash first.  I found it interesting and will try if I ever find some pattypan squash this fall!


 For Dinner Date, I did an egg and tomato stir fry.  I had an overripe tomato and didn't want it to go to waste.  I found this recipe for an egg and tomato stir fry and thought it would make a perfect lunch for me.  It was good.  

I adjusted the recipe to use one tomato as follows:

1 tomato

1 green onion diced

2 eggs

salt and pepper to taste

1/2 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp Chinese cooking wine

2 tbs oil

1 tsp sugar

1/4c water


Scramble the eggs with salt, pepper, sesame oil and cooking wine.

Chop the tomato, add the diced green onion, sugar, salt and pepper.  

Saute in oil, add 1/4c water.  Mix in the cooked eggs for another couple of minutes.  

Enjoy!  It is good served with rice.

36 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

This looks yummy, great painting, too! Hugs, Valerie

Las Locuras de Ahyde said...

Hola! gracias por la receta, tiene buena pinta. Besos

Las Locuras de Ahyde said...

Hola! gracias por la receta, tiene buena pinta. Besos

roentare said...

Painting looks beautiful and the food looks yummy.

Victor S E Moubarak said...

I like stir-fries.

God bless.

ellie said...

Looks like a yummy stirfry! Such a cool painting using Oliver's inspiration❤️💗💖

Caitlin'nMegan said...

Love the colors in your painting. So cool! Awesome stirfry too!

Ivy's Closet said...

Such a fun Thursday post! I love the veggie theme! I must try the stirfry! Thanks so much!

My name is Erika. said...

I love the painted pattypan squashes. I wouldn't think of eating them uncooked either. And your lunch looks like something I'd enjoy a lot. Yum!

Angie's Recipes said...

Lovely art! And I like the egg tomato stirfry.

CAAC said...

Squash isn't a veggie I eat often. It's not that I don't like it, it's just I don't think they have a lot of flavor. However, I do have a recipe for a squash casserole and it's been years since I made it which was really good. I think the reason I don't make it much is because it's loaded with cheese which is loaded with high calories. lol Hey, if I'm going to have a ton of calories then it'll be in the form of ice cream. I know how my priorities! :)

I couldn't join Rain's linky but here's my direct link --> Fruit & Veggie Art

Anonymous said...

Good morning, stir fries are the best-we had them allot back when we had a large veggie garden. Love your painting too

Anne Hagman-Niilola said...

Beautiful art.

Gillena Cox said...

You WOWed me with both the art and the food.
Happy you dropped by my blog, Christine.

Much❤love

Pam said...

I used to fix a chicken stir fry all the time when my kids were young. They loved it. I have not fixed it in a very long time. Mine had onions, broccoli, carrots and water cress. I loved that crunch that the cress made.

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

I've eaten a LOT of squash, but never heard of pattypan squash. The ACEO is beautiful and gives me an idea what thy look like.

As I mentioned earlier, eggs are too expensive to buy at the moment, but if they ever return to something "normal," I might try this recipe. By then, I might even have one or two of my own tomatoes! Thanks for the recipe, Christine.


Iris Flavia said...

Jamie sure leaves his wisdom everywhere :-) Sounds good, both!

Martha Jane Orlando said...

The recipe you shared here sounds delicious, Christine. Blessings!

Pantherka said...

The food looks luxurious.

Mary Kirkland said...

I love vegie stir fry.

Adam said...

Nice art

Sandra Cox said...

Both the dish and the art look great.

Dixie @ Arranged Words said...

Never heard of that particular squash.
Great painting, Christine.

DVArtist said...

A wonderful post Christine. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Have a lovely day.

MELODY JACOB said...

The art is beautiful.
https://www.melodyjacob.com/2023/02/the-empress-of-melanin.html

Lowcarb team member said...

I like your art and the stir fry looks good.

All the best Jan

J.P. Alexander said...

Lindas pintura y gracias por la receta. Te mando un beso.

Tom said...

...pattypan squash are something that I've never had, perhaps this year. Christine, enjoy your weekend.

baili said...

What a delicious veggie dish

Great art
I like to add tomatoe in omelet

Fundy Blue said...

A nice illustration of pattypan squashes, Christine. Your tomato and egg scramble looks yummy. Chinese cooking wine is a new ingredient to me. Have a great weekend!

DeniseinVA said...

Art and a recipe, always a winning combination :)

Andrea @ From The Sol said...

Pattypan squash sounds like an awesome salad ... a welcome change from the normal. I will look for them myself. Let me know if you find them and how the salad is. Oh, and of course, your art is a delight. And I love your egg and tomato recipe ... except who keeps Chinese cooking wine in their house (is it a rice wine like Sake?). I am not sure where to even find it. You make me smile because you are obviously a wonderful and well stocked cook and yet you say so little about it. Happy Valentines Day, Christine ...

Andrea @ From the Sol

Christine said...

It is a rice wine Andrea and thanks

Busy Bee Suz said...

Great artwork and interesting about Jamie serving them raw.

NatureFootstep said...

I like your art ::)

Rain said...

Pattypan squash sounds interesting! Jamie Oliver has some great recipes. Your stir fry looks delicious! ☺