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Thoughts On Cooking For My Family

I believe that food is more than just survival, it’s about comfort, love, and bringing people together.

August 14 2025 Ground Turkey Stir Fry

I’m cooking for myself more often than I did for the family.  Not limited to just Wednesday’s anymore.

Tonight I had about a quarter pound of ground turkey in the freezer and a bag of mixed vegetables I wanted to use.  I thought a stir fry would work well. 

I was right, it did.

All I needed to decide was what kind of sauce to put on it.

There are so many different kinds of sauce it took a little time to decide.  I often tend toward Asian flavors.  I like the combination of ginger, garlic, soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, and rice vinegar.  I almost always have these ingredients in my cupboard since I use this sauce a lot.  I could have added peanut butter but I decided not to this time.  But I did add about a tablespoon of corn starch so it would thicken.  Loved it.  Very satisfying meal.