STIRRED UP!

is stir-fry lame?

too easy?

it's quick, and that's the truth,.

but is it not fancy enough?

too simplistic? 

i don't think so at all,

but then again,

the way i do it, it's a giant exxxtravaganza of good flavors for everyone.

....really.

hot, tangy, spicy, sweet- all the good things.

and i'll eve only eff with a color palette that coordinates.

i'm like that, and i like that-

check it out:

GINGER-SRIRACHA NOODLE MAGIC!

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i had coconut oil and sesame seeds toasting up those fat chunks of tofu.

that's tasty, toasty fried 'fu fury for your face.

simultaneously,

i had a skillet with superheated sesame oil searing allllll the veggies.

a bed of shredded cabbage, topped with celery, red onion, 

purple carrot, a LOT of garlic,

a spoonful of fresh skin-on organic ginger slivers,

minced cilantro stems,

and a whole bunch of diced up broccolini stalks and florets.

yeah!

that's all the good stuff.

while that sizzled and sauteed,

i whipped up a SAUCE.

y'gotta have some-

i'm sayin', neighbors-

without sauce, your sh!t is bound to be b!tchsappy and weak.

and that's never invited to my dinner table.

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SAUCE!

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1 T tamari;

1 T rice vinegar;

2 T mae ploy;

1 T sriracha;

2 tsp lime juice;

6 shredded big basil leaves;

black pepper;

GPOP;

1 tsp crushed cilantro leaves-

uh-huh.

that's the good good stuff.

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now, i confess, i used thiccc udon noods.

i had 'em, i wanted 'em, i'm NOT sorry for it-

but if i'd needed to go gluten-free, i could've, 

and maybe should've, used rice noodles instead.

no worries, tho-

i had a half a cup of hot water, a bag of ready-to-go fatties,

a scoop of that sauce, and a hard squeeze of exxxtra sriracha, too.

yes.

too much is the right amount, man.

believe it.

i added all the rest of the sauce to the veggies, lidded it, 

and gave it a lil bitty baby minute to activate.

meanwhile,

the water was absorbed into the udons,

and the udons got added to the veggies, and all of it made it's way to my plate-

where pea shoots, AND scallions, AND cilantro, AND jalapeno, AND limes

all turned it up to eleven.

and then i got hella expert 

and slid half an AVO-F*ING-CADO all up on there too.

woooooooooooooord.

y'all ain't ready.

that's molto molto  massively magnificent.

real talk.

all that flavor had my nose a little runny!

that's a sure sign that it's good af.

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i wasn't even gonna have dinner.

seriously, i overdid it allllll effing day.

i started off by making sure i had a burly BIG brekkie,

then i got surprised, and i had half an all-sauce-only sicilian pizza with dylan.

i dipped out of work a half an hour early, went to the grocery store,

and then i came home ready to relax,

but after only ten minutes, i had three burners going on the stove,

and buried my face in alll the noods.

it's a compulsion, it seems.

i slept like a boulder afterwards, and rested more than i've had in an age.

maybe MORE food is the right answer?

i'll do it again today, and find out;

never quiet, never soft.....