I don't know how well our team did today at bowling because the team we were playing against hadn't finished their game when we left. I will find out tomorrow. We definitely took the second game and had a pretty good chance with the third.From feast to famine, I now have three library books. Two by Mercedes Lackey and one by J.D. Robb - the latest of her "In Death" series, Brotherhood in Death. Pretty good story. I do enjoy these books - it did occur to me Matt might enjoy them, but he doesn't think so! Oh well. Trouble is, I put a hold on a book when I hear of it and sometimes, like now, they all become available at once.
This is a recipe from MyRecipes which sounded a good way of 'making do'
Easy Thai Steak Noodle Bowl
The Anderson family loves Thai food, but they don't have many options to satisfy cravings in their
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Serves 4 (serving size: 1 bowl)
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Ingredients
2 1/2 cups very thinly sliced green cabbage
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, divided
2 teaspoons sugar, divided
1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
8 ounces uncooked flat brown rice noodles (pad Thai noodles, such as Annie Chun's)
12 ounces top sirloin steak, trimmed and thinly sliced
1 1/2 teaspoons canola oil
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons red curry paste (such as Thai Kitchen)
1 (13.5-ounce) can light coconut milk
4 lime wedges (optional)
Preparation
1. Combine cabbage, 1 teaspoon lime juice, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon salt; toss well to combine. Set aside at room temperature for 15 minutes.
2. Prepare rice noodles according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water; drain.
3. Toss steak with 1/2 teaspoon sugar. Heat a large skillet over high heat. Add oil; swirl to coat. Add steak to pan; cook 2 minutes. Turn steak over; cook an additional 30 seconds or just until browned. Remove from pan; keep warm.
4. Add 1/2 cup water to pan, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Add curry paste and coconut milk, stirring well to combine; bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low; simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in remaining 2 teaspoons lime juice, remaining 1 teaspoon sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Arrange about 1 cup noodles in each of 4 bowls; divide steak evenly over servings. Ladle about 1/2 cup broth over each serving; top each with about 1/2 cup cabbage mixture. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt evenly over servings. Serve with lime wedges, if desired.Have a great day
Ah, Thai food. My favourite!
ReplyDeleteAustralia Post is going broke. Most of their business is delivering parcels from online shopping, so I don't know why this is so. And they're going to charge us $10 if we don't collect parcels from the post office soon enough. That'll win them more friends, won't it?
Love JD Robb's books. And when she writes as Nora Roberts.
Have a great week, Jo. :-)
How odd, didn't realise the picture was at the start too. I have always enjoyed such Thai food as I have eaten. Post offices are really becoming a t hing of the past. Not so keen on the Nora Roberts books. You too Denise.
DeleteSilly with the strike, seems like it would be a waste of time. You are right, so much is done through the Internet. Son just changed auto insurance and saved $25 if he went paperless.
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It is silly Betty. I think there are lots of advantages to going paperless.
DeleteI pay just about everything online so I have enough checks to last a very long life time. I too have often had several books ready for me at the same time. Our library has a 'bestsellers club' where you can list your favorite authors and get their books when they come out.
ReplyDeleteYou and me both Denise. There are places which don't take credit cards, not many. The asparagus farm, for instance, cash or cheque but no cards. That's a good idea for the bestsellers club.
DeleteI admit, I've never trusted it enough to do my banking online. I still pay many of my bills by check. Or credit card.
ReplyDeleteI've read a couple of Mercedes Lackey books. Don't remember which ones.
And you had me at Thai food...
How very old fashioned of you Mr. Cavanaugh!!! I have been banking on line for a very long time. The bank offers coverage so long as you have fulfilled your security responsibilities.
DeleteOnly a couple, I devour her books, especially the Valdemar stories.
Yes, you enjoy Thai food don't you?
Hi, Jo,
ReplyDeleteLove Thai food... looks like a yummy recipe.
I agree... With prices already so high at the post office, going on strike and jeopardizing your job is kid of silly. At some point postal workers will be replaced by machines for the few people who like to MAIL things.
Thank you for the sweet comment about my intros.... If you ever do write that book, let me know....
Pretty simple one too Michael. You are so right, will be machines of one kind or another.
DeleteI can't see that happening somehow. Too much like hard work in the first place.
I agree with you about the postal service. I think we still get our electric bill in the mail but I'm changing that this month. I do the same thing with library books. Put on hold and then they all come at once.
ReplyDeleteDon't have an electric bill, part of our rent, only bill is cable/internet and that is electronic.
DeleteI know Susan, it's somewhat annoying, but that's how it goes.
Wow...I can't imagine what a postal strike would be like. We get all our bills in the post. You're right about the junk mail though. I wonder if companies would just stop making it if there is a strike. I hope you don't have a strike. :( The Tia dish looks delish!
ReplyDeleteI basically don't care if there is a strike or not, as far as we are concerned, but I suppose in fact there are still a lot who do get bills by mail Sharon, the same as you.
DeleteSome strikes cripple the entire country. Postal strikes would take so much away from pensioners and veterans.
ReplyDeleteCertainly Susan if they don't have pensions paid direct to their banks. In this day and age, I don't know why they wouldn't.
DeleteI still like getting my bills through snail mail and I mail out my cards to people who I don't see on a regular basis but I agree with you. From what I know it is about the pension plan but these workers are being so short sited, or should I say the Union people. I knew someone who worked for the post office and he had stated every year the mail gets less and less and less. It is only a fraction of what it used to be.
ReplyDeleteLuckily we don't have any bills through the mail Birgit. Rogers bill is paid automatically and that includes phone, TV, internet. Hydro is part of our rent. I think the Post office is going the way of the dinosaur and will eventually be extinct.
DeleteMy husband's the same as Matt. I've just astonished him - again - this morning by paying a bill online while he watched. He just has no understanding of the online world.
ReplyDeleteSeems odd doesn't it Helen, to us who are so familiar with it that is.
DeleteI had thought that our post was going to go down to less days per week, but then I didn't hear anything more about it.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure whether they are going on strike or not Ivy. Need to check it out I guess.
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