Ginger Carrots and Broccoli With Sesame Seeds

Derf's Note:

Colourful and tasty!! from Heart Healthy Cooking by Becel

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 (12 ounce) package peeled baby carrots or 2 medium regular carrots, julienned
• 2 cups broccoli florets
• 1 tablespoon light margarine
• 1/2 cup diagonally sliced celery
• 1/4 cup chopped sweet red pepper
• 1 tablespoon sesame seed
• 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

1. In a medium saucepan of boiling water, simmer carrots, partially covered, for 5 minutes.
2. Add broccoli and continue cooking 3 minutes or until veggies are tender.
3. Drain well.
4. Meanwhile, in a large frypan, melt margarine over medium heat.
5. Saute celery, red pepper, sesame seeds and ginger, 3 minutes or until tender.
6. Add carrots and broccoli to frypan and stir fry until heated through.
7. Season with salt and pepper.

Reviews

[Welmoed Sisson]

Nice taste, but the cooking times produced mushy, overdone carrots. Next time I'll just barely blanche them.

[andyrite]

Very tasty dish, with the lovely ginger flavor. I'm not sure the celery and red pepper added a whole lot, I think you could do it with just the carrots and broccoli. A note on the pre-cooking of the carrots -- if you like the carrots on the softer side (as opposed to crunchy) I steamed them for 20 minutes before I stir fried them with the broccoli. I steamed the broccoli for 6 minutes before stir frying. The carrots really do take that long -- I kept checking them and they weren't soft enough for a fork to prick them easily until 20 minutes of steaming. I used the peeled baby carrots and I left them whole.

[PaulaG]

We really enjoyed this vegetable dish. I microwaved the carrots for about 2 minutes and then added to the broccoli and steamed until broccoli was crisp tender. The seasame seeds were reduced by about half. I enjoyed the crunch of the celery.