Having No Food In The House Turned Out To Be A Good Thing

So for some reason this week we really haven’t got around to doing the “big weekly shop”, in hopes of using everything left in the fridge and freezer. Yesterday, there was one lonely freezer item left sitting way in the back waiting it’s turn to hit the pan……it was lean ground sirloin…..yawn. I didn’t feel like making burgers, meatballs or tacos; I wanted something a little more on the healthy side and something that I could make early in the afternoon and just have waiting for my hunny when he got home. I looked in the fridge and it was just as sad looking as the freezer; a couple of sweet onions, garlic, a few stray carrots and a bunch of baby bok choy. After a quick debate in my head I came up with a fast, easy and healthy dinner idea. I couldn’t decide between a curry dish or stirfry so here we go…

Ingredients
1 pound lean ground sirloin
2 small sweet onions- diced
5 garlic cloves- finely chopped
2 tbsp. canola oil
2 large carrots- sliced thin on an angle, or on the bias
1 large bunch of baby bok choy; roots trimmed and washed carefully.
2 tbsps curry powder
1 tbsp garlic powder
1 tsp cumin
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 tbsp worchestirshire sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp hoisin sauce- for sweetness. You can also just add about 2 tsp. of brown sugar.

Instructions
1. In a medium high saucepan, sauté together the onions and garlic in the canola oil until tender and translucent
2. Add ½ the curry powder, all the cumin and garlic powder, salt and pepper, and stir to combine. Allow to toast for a minute or so, to develop the flavour in the spices. At this point you can also add more heat, by adding a chopped chilli pepper or some red pepper flakes.
3. Add the beef and the other half of the curry powder to the pan, seasoning with salt and pepper, and sauté.
4. Once the meat is almost browned add the sliced carrot and allow to sauté for about 3 minutes.
5. Add the bok choy to the pan and drizzle the soy sauce over it. Cover the pan with a lid, and allow the bok choy to cook and shrink down for about a minute.
6. Remove the lid and stir in the bok choy and soy sauce into the rest of the mixture.
7. Add worchestirshire and hoisin sauce, and combine.
8. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed. Once the boy choy is softened, you are ready to serve!

Serve this over steamed brown or white rice and you have a delicious, one-pot meal! This meal is also very health conscious as it is packed with dark greens, carrots and lean meat. All the nutrients stay in the pan as it is all cooked together, yay! It took about 15 minutes to prepare and cook, and was awesome as a left over for lunch today, and I am so NOT a fan of leftovers. Best part is, with this meal I got my gorgeous nephew to eat his carrots…which he hates! But loved in this dish ; )