Moo Shu Vegetables

Day 33

This is a new recipe we tried tonight in an effort to incorporate a healthier meal with some vegetables. The real beauty of it is the very quick prep. This hardly took any time to make, largely because the vegetables were already shredded.

We used a bag of coleslaw, a bag of broccoli slaw, and a bag of bean sprouts. The scallions and ginger had to be chopped/grated, but it's overall pretty low maintenance.          

Moo Shu Vegetables

Grocery List

Sesame oil
Fresh eggs
Fresh ginger
Fresh garlic
Shredded mixed vegetables, such as coleslaw or broccoli slaw mix
Mung bean sprouts
Soy sauce
Rice vinegar
Hoisin sauce

Slaws and sprouts

If you're like us with most of this type of food in your pantry, this is a pretty cheap meal. We had to by broccoli slaw and bean sprouts, and we were also down to our last tablespoon of sesame oil, but slaw mixes and sprouts are super inexpensive as produce goes.

Moo Shu Vegetables Recipe

Actual recipe here
3 tsp sesame oil
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 tsp minced fresh ginger
2 cloves garlic, minced
1.5 cups coleslaw mix
1.5 cups broccoli slaw mix
2 cups bean sprouts
1 bunch scallions, sliced, divided
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp rice vinegar
2 tbsp Hoisin sauce
1/4 cup sesame seeds

How To Do
Scramble the eggs in a teapoon of oil and set aside.

Eggs

Chop the scallions, mince the garlic and grate the ginger. Wipe out the skillet and add 2 more teaspoons of oil and add the ginger and garlic. Cook about 1 minute.

Chopped ingredients and cooked eggs

Add the sprouts, slaws and half the scallions and combine with the soy sauce and rice vinegar; cook covered about 3 minutes, stirring once or twice.

Add the eggs, sesame seeds and Hoisin to the skillet mixture and cook another minute or two. The veggies should be tender and the eggs broken up well. Add the rest of the scallions and remove from heat.

Serve with a tortilla.

Moo Shu cooking

Serve It Up!

I wrapped mine in the tortilla and Laura had hers on the side, breaking off wedges to make little sandwich bites.

Hers is shown in the picture at the top of the page, mine is below. However you serve it, it is filling and delicious. And...there are lunchovers for tomorrow!

Lunchover: Leftovers intended for next day's lunch.

Moo Shu Vegetables wrapped in a tortilla

Reviews/Comments

Me: I'll give this a 6.5. Not bad, but it's no baked potato, you know what I mean? It's also pretty healthy - I mean, the more cabbage you can eat the better off...

Laura: Satiating and healthy, good way to get some cruciferous vegetables (which is her fancy name for brassicas, which is a fancy name for for farty veggies like broccoli and cabbage and stuff). Rates it a 6.