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:

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

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

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

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  4. Painting looks beautiful and the food looks yummy.

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

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

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

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  8. 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!

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  9. Lovely art! And I like the egg tomato stirfry.

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  10. 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

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

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

    Much❤love

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  13. 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.

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  14. 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.


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

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

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  17. Both the dish and the art look great.

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

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

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

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  21. I like your art and the stir fry looks good.

    All the best Jan

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

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

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  24. What a delicious veggie dish

    Great art
    I like to add tomatoe in omelet

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  25. 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!

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  26. Art and a recipe, always a winning combination :)

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  27. 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

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  28. Great artwork and interesting about Jamie serving them raw.

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

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