A creamy Thai curry, loaded with vegetables, tofu, and toasted cashews, is exactly what I need sometimes. Lots of flavour, lots of veggies, and a good dose of whole grains in the form of some red Thai rice. This one definitely fits the bill.
I’ve always been partial to red curry paste, and I happen to think that zucchini, broccoli, and green beans are fantastic in Thai curries. So, I decided to go for a red and green themed curry because, well, because it sounded cool, I guess. Whatever. It also tasted good.
Thai curries make an excellent week-night dinner, and this one was no exception. I got the rice cooking while I prepped the veggies and started cooking up the curry paste in some oil. All was said and done in 40 minutes.
Green & Red Thai Curry
2 tbsp canola oil
1 tbsp red curry paste
5 minced garlic cloves
1″ garlic root, peeled and minced
1 can coconut milk
5 kaffir lime leaves1 zucchini, halved lengthwise and sliced
2 handfuls green beans, trimmed and chopped into 1″ sections
1 head broccoli, chopped into floretsSteamed red Thai rice, to serve
Heat the oil in a wok over medium heat. Add the curry paste, garlic, and ginger. Cook, stirring, until wonderfully fragrant. Add the coconut milk and kaffir lime leaves, and simmer for 10 minutes on low.
Add the veggies, bring to a boil, and cover. Cook until the veggies are tender-crisp.
Serve over rice & enjoy!
Glad you got your blog issues sorted out. I got a prescription allergy medication and am planning on making that elderberry/applecider vinegar/ raw honey concoction I posted about on my blog the other day. Have decided to continue with the blog. Just can’t make up my mind. I can always scan the paperwork and send it to my parents! It’s worth it to make up some soaps for Christmas.
Hope your chronic cough is feeling better hon!
Me too! I am so angry with my previous hosting company! Ugh.
OOh, that raw honey concoction sounds utterly delicious! If you’re looking for blog inspiration (my #1 ingredient for keeping up with it), you should try brainstorming up a list of all the different things you want to make and fiddle around with! That will give you lots of ideas for writing entries. I love coming up with ideas I’m excited to share with peopleāthat’s my favourite part about blogging.
The cough may be getting slightly better… knock on wood… though it always seems better on weekends since I’m not biking to work and making things angry š
For some reason when I subscribe to comment it’s still not working though. I don’t feel particularly vile because of snow mould allergies today. Someone actually gave me a “layman’s” definition of snow mould the other day! Which is a relief because everybody and their dog keeps asking me what the definition is and I’m kind of vague on that. Apparently it’s common in Alberta, and it’s just dried grass that gets mouldy because it sits under the snow all winter. As soon as it stops snowing and we get one good rain (to wash away all that mouldy grass), I should be good.
Today’s been a circus. I’m trying to get this miniature bath set made. Called management because our toilet has flooded twice in the past month. Half an hour after I called them it flooded again. The plumber came, unplugged it but said it might overflow again at any time but he doesn’t know why. He said there was string down the toilet!! Every time he comes over he interrogates me about all the supposed foreign objects I stuff down the toilet, and every time I tell him only toilet paper and the other things toilets are used for go in there!! Yeah, this comment didn’t have much to do with your post. Just needed to vent.
But thanks for the tips!
Take Care,
Ruth
Hmmm… I wonder what’s going on with those comment subscribes? Weird. I just tweaked something, perhaps that will fix it. Or, perhaps you’ve just subscribed to so many that you’ve used up all your subscribes? LOL.
I definitely get that snow mould idea… I can definitely smell all the musty rotting here as we move towards a more permanent thaw. I’m amazed that it manages to mould in the dead of winter, thoughāespecially up in Edmonton!
Your miniature bath set sounds adorable! Hopefully your full sized bath set has sorted itself out :/ Are you in a building or shared house where a plumbing-mate might be flushing their yarn collection down the loo? HA!
The townhouses we live in are ridiculously old. They were built in the fifties. So our plumbing is connected to the tenants who live to the right of us. When we first moved in (October) they were actually having sewage burbling up and coming up through their bathtub drain and bathroom sink drain! They’re a young married couple and pretty conscientious. And very smart, from the few times we’ve crossed passed. I’m sure, like I did, they asked the plumber what they could do to prevent such a thing from happening again. His answer was to go into detail about how old these pipes are, how much mineral buildup and calcification there is, and showed me by making a circle with his fingers how narrow the pipes are in 2013. He said to put as little as possible down the toilet. And not to use that ridiculous 3 or 4 ply toilet paper, which I already knew. We buy our toilet paper form Costco, and the toilet paper is pretty damn thin. I think to go any thinner I’d have to buy that really cheap, two ply generic stuff from the grocery store that feels like you are using tree bark to wipe your ass. So, since I’m not willing to do that, looks like I’ll be plunging aggressively on a regular basis, (I got really good at that when I was a daycare teacher, solely responsible for 7 3-year olds, 6 of whom were boys, their favorite pastime was sneaking into the bathroom where they have the tiny tot sized toilets and either stuffing them with paper towels or toilet paper. We plunged on a daily basis), calling management on a regular basis, (benefits of renting), sometimes they bring an auger, where they actually saw through the pipe. Oh, and the subscribe comment thing is working, I just clicked on notify me of my new posts by email instead. Speaking of which, I’m about to send you one. Insomnia strikes again. Damn you snow mould!!!
LOL at the Canadian definition of “ridiculously old”. My house turns 101 this year š And then in Europe they have houses and churches that are older than our entire country… ha! Fortunately my house is fairly well behaved in the sewage department, though! I’m sorry you have to use mediocre toilet paper, but at least you are going to have killer biceps after all that plunging š Looking forward to your new post!
Don’t know when that will be. My immune system is on strike, or has taken a leave of absense, or has quit, whatever. Now when I go out even to run errands I get nasty allergy systems, can barely breathe and feel achey, like I have the flu
Hmm… if I find your immune system, I’ll be sure to send it home again! I’m sorry to hear you’re feeling all icky š
Aww, thanks! I am hoping that the weather predictions are right and it rains soon.
After that I’m good.
It’s supposed to rain here tomorrowāfingers crossed for you!
I’m not having such a severe reaction these days when I go outside. I think a combination of very brief wet snow that has melted and intermittent rains have washed away a decent amount of it. Now I can actually go for walks or run errands with the car without feeling horrible the next day.
XX
Ruth
Yay!!!
I’ll have to make this next time I cook. I have curry powder instead of paste but I’ve bene putting that in almost everything.
If you’ve never played around with Thai curry paste, it’s an absolute must! It’s so different from curry powder (which is usually Indian style and mostly turmeric) that it will give you a totally different end product. Yum!
this sounds lovely i cant wait to try and give it a go
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