stir fry garden

sitting down to dinner on monday, i couldn't help but smile. we put together a veg stir fry, where everything (less the rice and tofu) was sourced from the backyard. ok, technically, the soy and rooster sauces weren't home grown either, but that's besides the point.

this wasn't a celery, water chestnut, bamboo shoot, baby corn stir fry. i mean, really, what is baby corn? i'm talking kale, chard, snap pea, broccoli, carrot, onion, and baby zucchini. we pulled 7 different types of vegetables together. seven. it's amazing the type of diversity you can accommodate with a home garden.

the bounty of vegetables

our first attempt at broccoli paid off really well

two varieties of carrots
(purple haze and parisian market)

it was awesome and i really believe that i slowed down and enjoyed the meal that much more because it was made from ingredients that we planted, watered, and nurtured. plants that we picked just minutes before washing and sauteing them.

end product - a satisfying meal