Rice Bowl With Teriyaki Satay

  I made this for dinner last night.  I adapted it from a Weight Watchers recipe, but changed it up some. 

I used a short grain rice so it was higher in calories and points than if I had used a brown rice.  I stir fried the veggies I had.  I was wishing I had some sugar snap peas.  The green would have been a pretty color addition too.

I also changed the quantity of ingredients for the sauce, because I didn't want it "saucy" but just enough to coat and flavor.  I used about 1/2 cup of beef broth, 2 T creamy peanut butter, 2 T Soyaki (LOVE this sauce and you can find it at Trader Joe's) 1 tsp of Sesame Oil, and a tsp of ginger.  Sure wish I had some fresh ginger too!!!  Whisk sauce and set aside.  While making this sauced, I was reminded of a dish I used to love to make called Peanut Chicken.  It had the best tasting, creamiest peanut butter sauce over it that melted in your mouth.  Our local paper used to have a feature article every Thursday in the food section, where readers could submit recipes and if they selected you, they would come out and take pictures of you making it, and publish the article.  I have submitted several things, but was selected twice for publication.  One of the recipes that was selected was the peanut chicken.  I miss the food section in our local paper!!!

Get your pan screaming hot, and drizzle with tiny bit of olive oil.  Stir fry veg, adding peppers first, cook a minute, then add mushrooms, and lastly I tossed a handful of chopped green onions, a handful of grated carrots for color and crunch, and a couple of teaspoons of sesame seeds.  This whole process is quick.  Maybe 3 minutes. 
Pour sauce over veggies, and stir to coat and heat through.  Fill bowls with sticky rice, and top with veggies.  I used a rotisserie chicken and cut the breast up and layed a few slices of chicken breast over top of this, and drizzled Soyaki on top and sprinkle with more sesame seeds.  Eat with chopsticks!!!
PS  Mr. G asked that this be added to our regular rotation!  I had to laugh at that.

We had some cutie pies visit us on Friday night.  My daughter Gennifer has had a bad head/chest cold all week and luckily Jake was off to take the girls and let her rest.

They just make us laugh all the time!  They had been cooped up in the house for several days in a row, and they were feeling silly!
We decided to have our first taste of our Home Brew.

It was REALLY good!  I am not much of a beer drinker, or drinker at all, for that matter.  But this was so good.
Getting the stamp of approval from the beer brewers.

CHEERS!

It's the beginning of a brand new week!  What do you have going on?  I am hoping to remove some stubborn wallpaper, and select paint colors.