Hello, I’m LOY!

I love to cook and my hubby loves to take pictures! We decided to team up and create a BLOG that is user friendly, full of yummy pictures and boasts with ez recipes of amazing meals!

I’m not a chef, I’m just a FOODIE who loves to re-invent old recipes and create new ones along the way. Most of my recipes are inspired by my mothers cooking, she’s an amazing cook and from time to time I will feature a recipe straight from her kitchen!

I hope that this page becomes one of your favorites and the recipes posted on this BLOG make their way into your kitchen!!

Let’s get started.

-LOY-

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CHICKEN STIR-FRY on WHITE RICE

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts

2 zucchini squash aka Italian squash

1 green bell pepper

1 red bell pepper

1 small yellow onion

1 cup fresh sliced mushrooms

1 bunch green onions

-Sauce & Marinade-

6 tbsp. soy sauce

2 tbsp. rice wine

3 tbsp. grated fresh ginger

2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

2 tbsp. Asian sesame oil

3 tbsp. corn oil

1/2 tsp. sugar

1/4 tsp. cornstarch

White Rice for serving 

[see Kitchen Staples for White Rice recipe]

Directions:

1. Cut chicken breast into bite size pieces.

2. Marinade Chicken

• In a large bowl, stir together 2 tbs. of soy sauce, rice wine and ginger.

• Stir in chicken to coat evenly and set aside for 15 minutes.

3. Prep veggies:

• julienne zucchini & bell peppers
• slice onion & mushrooms
• chop green onions (use green part only)

4. Make the Sauce:

• In a small bowl, combine water, remaining soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, honey, sesame oil, sugar and cornstarch

• Stir to dissolve the sugar and cornstarch

• Set aside

5. Stir-Fry the Chicken

• Heat large fry pan over high heat until very hot, add corn oil
• Remove chicken from the marinade
• Add chicken to pan and stir-fry until cooked through, about 5 minutes
• Transfer cooked chicken to a clean bowl

6. Add veggies to pan, starting with the onion. Stir-Fry veggies about 2-3 minutes.

7. Return chicken to pan. Give sauce a quick stir, add to pan and stir until sauce thickens slightly, 1 to 2 minutes.

8. Serve immediately with rice and ENJOY!

1. Food Lover Says:
   May 26th, 2008 at 10:56 am

   WOW the taste of this meal was stupendous, anybody who visits this site must try this recipe A++



2. kaymurali Says:
   June 11th, 2008 at 10:19 am

   Took me about fourty five minutes to complete this meal and was well worth it. I did substitute the zucchini with broccoli.



3. ann brinson Says:
   June 25th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

   looks yummiiee,when can I move in???



4. -LOY- Says:
   June 28th, 2008 at 11:25 pm

   Thanks for the comments!