Bok Choy is a satisfying plant to grow. It likes the cool spring weather, grows quickly, and is one of the first plants ready to harvest.
Bok Choy is a great nutritional gift and often touted as the garden vegetable highest in calcium. Bok choy is an excellent source of vitamins A, B-complex, C, and some minerals. All this for only 24 calories per one-cup serving!
My problem has always been what to do with it. My neighbor Jeri suggested I cook it in the bamboo steamer. So this is what I did:
I placed bok choy leaves in the bottom part of the steamer and laid a piece of salmon filet on top. Then I cut up the remainder of the bok choy, some scallions, garlic scapes, a Hakurei salad turnip and the turnip greens that I harvested from the garden, and mixed them with a combination of sesame oil, soy sauce, and honey, salt and pepper. Then I steamed it on top of the stove and voila! A yummy Asian inspired dinner!
If the bamboo steamer is a cooking device you have but rarely use, it reminds me of the biggest unutilized device in my kitchen...the 300.00 juicer!! Glad you had a yummy meal...it looks delicious :)
ReplyDeleteI know, I know. The juicer that we never use! Maybe someone will help us out and teach us how to use it!
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