The Rose Family

 I may have heard this before but this is a good reminder of these members of the rose family!

Enjoy this Civic Holiday long weekend!

Sunday Smiles - Tomatoes

 Welcome to Gillena's Sunday Smiles!  I am showing tomatoes growing in my sister's garden in California!  She is very happy with them this year.

Fresh kale salad

 Hope your weekend is going well.  I am showing my kale salad today.  I just cut the leaves into small bits, no massaging required!  My friend S dropped some fresh kale off the other day.

Friday Art - Llama

 Welcome to Friday Art!  I am showing my Llama ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in acrylic.

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art For Fun Friday.

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Dining Room Furniture and Flank Steak Stir Fry

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date! For her 'Dining Room Furniture' theme, here is my ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in acrylic pen.

 For the Dinner date, I made a flank steak stir fry.  It went well with a veg stir fry that you also see in the photo. 

I had never successfully used flank steak and I will be doing it more often now, this was tender and delicious.  The secret is to cut very thin slices as described below.  

1 lb flank

1 gr pepper sliced

1 red pepper sliced

1 onion sliced

3-4 tbs canola oil

Marinade

2 tbs soy sauce

1 tbs dark soy sauce

4 tbs oyster sauce

1 tsp chili flakes

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tbs cornstarch

2 cloves garlic minced

Cut flank into 1 1/2" strips parallel to the grain

Then cut 1/4" strips against the grain at an angle

Google how to slice flank if in doubt, you need very thin pieces  serious eats has a good video here

Marinate beef with the ingredients listed above for the marinade.  You can leave it for 15 minutes or longer for the flavour to set in.  I am usually too impatient.

Saute beef 3-4 mins on high heat in oil (2-3 mins if using  a hot wok, I just use a saute pan).  It is important not to overcook!  Set the beef aside.

 

In the same pan, saute peppers and onions 3-4 mins, you may need to add couple more tablespoons of oil.  Then mix meat in for another 2 minutes.  Enjoy!

Wednesday Memes

 

On Eggplants

 This came as a surprise to me, I thought of eggplants as vegetables how about you?

Welcome to August!