This was a very tasty dish - pretty much followed the recipe, using bratwurst sausages, aside from not being able to find bok
choy so used fresh collard greens.
This week, mine seemed Asian with the broccoli and bok
choy so I added a little toasted sesame oil and soy sauce.
Not exact matches
It's time for asparagus, artichokes, swiss chard, green beans, baby bok
choy, spinach, sugar snap peas and
so much more.
Unfortunately, bok
choy is not that popular in my country and I don't think I would be able to buy it
so easily.
Any leafy green can be made into a slaw, but I chose Brussels sprouts and Bok
choy both because I have them on hand and because they're two shades of green,
so I thought the result would look pretty and appetizing.
I've tried using kale and collards
so far, but I have some bok
choy from my CSA box I will either make into chips or use in a miso soup.
Bok
Choy Bok
choy is a cruciferous vegetable,
so it falls into the category with broccoli and cauliflower.
I was trying to use up some veggies I had on hand,
so I subbed roasted red peppers for the tomatoes and baby bok
choy for the spinach and it was delicious.
Bok
choy gets added near the end,
so it has just enough time to wilt, and then the tofu goes back into the skillet and gets tossed with everything else.
The green leafy member of the cabbage family can be commonly found year round,
so if you fall in love with this bok
choy recipe, you won't have to part ways with it come autumn.
I also found some beautifully colorful rainbow chard, leeks, and bok
choy,
so I made some sautéed greens to go with this (recipe HERE!).
-- My rice noodles were extra thin,
so I soaked them in hot water and then just stirred them in after the bok
choy was crisp - tender.
It was July when I began planting,
so I started with a winter crop of carrots, radishes, spring onion, iceberg lettuce, bok
choy, celery, broccoli, strawberries, parsley and coriander.
Sometimes I replace the spinach with other lovely Asian greens such as yao
choy (pictured right below),
so feel free to experiment with your own ideas for variations too.
Lately I'm loving cilantro, sliced jalapeño, thinly sliced radish, and bok
choy (which you let wilt in the soup — gahhh
so good!)
Asians, like Europeans, have a tradition of purchasing food on a daily basis to consume it,
so choys in Asian markets tend to have great turnaround, meaning they are particularly fresh and meant to be eaten right away.
Friday, January 9, 2009 photo of Bok
Choy (learn about bok
choy)--
so vibrant and tender!
So — here's what we received this week: a head of lettuce, a bag of arugula, two harukei turnips (we are sharing, so my friend split the turnips 50/50), six baby artichokes, two bok choy, and a bundle of oregan
So — here's what we received this week: a head of lettuce, a bag of arugula, two harukei turnips (we are sharing,
so my friend split the turnips 50/50), six baby artichokes, two bok choy, and a bundle of oregan
so my friend split the turnips 50/50), six baby artichokes, two bok
choy, and a bundle of oregano.
We are baby buy
choy nuts here in Australia — they must be one of the most common vegetables for people to buy for some reason —
so I thought that I would share a few tips for cooking with them (
so that you will love them as much as I do).
I love bok
choy sauteed with a bit of olive oil and garlic and crushed red pepper —
so good!
On
so - called rafts (repurposed polystyrene insulation panels) floating in the tubs, basil, bok
choy and lettuce plants grow hydroponically — that is, without soil — their bare roots dangling through holes in the rafts to draw nutrients directly from the water below.
Bok
choy, carrots, and mushrooms keep it packed with veggies
so you can fill up on vitamins and protein.
avocados, cacao nibs, dark chocolate, walnuts, bok
choy, raspberries, ginger, spinach, kiwi, eggs, sweet potatoes, grass fed bison, chia seeds, hemp seeds, acai, goji berries, sprouted mung beans, natto, green tea, broccoli, black strap molasses, cod, pomegranate, peppermint — and
so many more --
Aaaah,
so many kinds of cabbage to choose from: red, green, savoy, napa, and bok
choy.
I don't like raw onion,
so I grill the red onion along with the bok
choy on my electric grill and serve the vegetables over brown rice.
The only problem was that the bok
choy leaves burned and dried (they were then not
so nice to eat anymore).
So, 1 cup of cooked spinach, kale or bok
choy will help you meet this requirement easily.
: (Fortunately I live near a Korean market that has baby bok
choy for a dollar or
so per pound year round.
This bok
choy soup is ready in under 20 minutes,
so if you've been telling yourself that Asian dishes are too complicated, give this one a go.
Bok / pak
choy, napa cabbage, and white turnips are all classified as Brassica rapa (unlike other cruciferous veggies),
so I was hoping to branch out to napa for a different texture —
so much bok
choy lately!
The cruciferous veggies (broccoli, cabbage, brussels sprouts, kale, cauliflower, bok
choy) detox the body of excess estrogens (important for men too, since we're exposed to
so many environmental xenoestrogens) and are cancer - fighters too.
While all types are helpful in preventing unwanted oxygen damage to our cells and body systems, different types of antioxidants go about this task in different ways, and it is the combination of these types in cruciferous vegetables — including bok
choy — that make them
so valuable in terms of their antioxidant support.
Conquered my fear of brussel sprouts earlier this year though,
so maybe it's time to tackle the bok
choy!
So far, we've planted a couple different types of romaine and greenleaf lettuces, bok
choy, and Paris market carrots.