I always try to get a lot of vitamin C, but because I have a cold, it’s even more important this week. What’s For Dinner? made getting vitamin C easier for me by making oranges this week’s Blogger Secret Ingredient. Nice job on the apt ingredient!

I was trying to get a lot done yesterday evening, so I needed a quick dinner. I threw this stir-fry together in minutes (although my rice took longer to cook). I didn’t do much measuring, so please forgive me for such an inaccurate recipe. Basically, I threw the following in a skillet:

• Frozen Asian blend veggies (these went in first and I waited until they thawed before throwing in the rest)
• ~1 TB chopped fresh ginger
• 1 clove garlic (chopped)
• Sliced mushrooms
• Baked tofu
• Pre-cooked chicken
• Sesame oil
• Soy sauce
• House of Tsang Classic Stir-fry sauce
• ~1/3 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
• Orange zest (just grated part of my orange peel over the skillet)

Towards the end of cooking, I added:

• Chopped scallions
• An orange, divided into sections, each section cut in half

I stirred it all together and served it over short-grain brown rice.

I’m angry about this picture. I took two more and they were so much better, but they wouldn’t transfer to my computer. Hope nothing is wrong with my camera!

Anyway, I really enjoyed this stir-fry. I was a little apprehensive about mixing the orange with spicy flavors and vegetables, but the complemented each other beautifully. I hope the huge amount of vitamin C in this dinner helps my cold.

Nutrition of this Meal

This meal contains 12 ingredients on the World’s Healthiest Foods list:

• Bell peppers (in the frozen blend)
• Garlic
• Green peas (frozen blend)
• Mushrooms
• Onions
• Oranges
• Soybeans (frozen blend)
• Tofu
• Chicken
• Corn (frozen blend)
• Brown rice
• Soy sauce

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