Stir-Fried Beef with Snow Peas

Total time: 25 minutes
     Fresh snow peas and cherry tomatoes are great for stir-fries: they cook quickly, add lots of color and get us out of traditional winter fare.

 Ingredients:

• 8oz ground beef (mince 240gr)
• 1 onion
• 2 green garlic    substitute 2 cloves garlic
• 4oz (120gr) mushrooms
• 4oz (120gr) mangetout (snow peas, pea pods)
• 4oz (120gr) cherry tomatoes
• 1 rib celery
• 1 medium carrot
• 1/2 cup (4oz, 120ml) beef stock
• 1 tbs sherry
• 1 tbs soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 1 tbs cornstarch (or thickener of choice) dissolved in 2 tbs water
• Brown Rice: 
• 1/2 cup (3.3oz, 95gr) quick-cooking brown rice
• 1 cup (8oz, 240ml) beef stock or whatever your rice calls for

 Instructions:

• Trim and slice green garlic or mince garlic. 
• Slice onion, celery.
• Cut carrot into matchsticks. 
• Trim and slice mushrooms.
• Trim snow peas and cut in half. 
• Cut cherry tomatoes in half.
• In large nonstick skillet heat oil over medium-high heat. 
• Add onion, carrot, celery and stir-fry 5 minutes. 
• Add mushrooms, green garlic or garlic, mangetout and stir-fry 3 minutes longer.
• Remove to a plate.
• Add beef to skillet and sauté, breaking it up as it browns. 
• When beef is browned, return vegetables to skillet and add stock, sherry, cumin, soy sauce. 
• Cover, reduce heat to medium-low and let simmer 5 minutes.
• Dissolve cornstarch in water. 
• Turn the heat up under the skillet and add the cornstarch mixture, stirring constantly until thickened.
• Add cherry tomatoes, heat through.  
• Serve over:
• Brown Rice: 
• Cook rice according to package instructions.
• Fluff and serve.