Veggie Millet Stir Fry

Here's a different recipe to try.  Personally, I had no idea what millet was until I started clean eating.  & in full disclosure today, I had a bunch of mini candy bars.  Now that's not good!  & think of all the sugar, but hey, everyone slips once in a while, right?   Right!

Last night we had a really great dinner.  & here's the recipe so you can try it too.  It's easy.  Millet, I found out, is the main ingredient in bird seed.  WHAT?!?!?!?  Who eats that?  Well hold on....it's not bad.  It a grain & you cook it like rice.  & it's very inexpensive.  The entire organic bag cost $3.99 & it looks like you can get about 10 servings out of it.  That's good!

You cook it like rice - 1 cup of millet to 2 cups of water.  Boil for about 35-40 minutes & it's finished.  Now here's where the stir fry part comes in.

(If you want to add chicken or shrimp or beef, you should saute that after the onions/garlic mixture below).  I opted just to do the veggie stir fry last night.

I took a tablespoon of avocado oil (mostly because it's a high heat oil - you can heat it til 500 degrees - hmmmmmmmmmm deep fryer calling!) & heated in my pan.  I added the following:  half an onion (use whatever kind you like - I usually use a stinky yellow or white one because I like the flavor).  One to two scallions & one large leek & two cloves of garlic.  I sauteed all of this with a pinch of sea salt & some red pepper.  You can add any veggie you like to the saute.  I added a head of broccoli (diced) and two carrots (also diced).  I let this cook for about 10 minutes til it seemed like all the veggies & flavors smelled right.  Then I tossed in a can of water chestnuts (drained) & sauteed for about 3 more minutes.

At this point I added the millet into the mix & covered.  I mixed up 4 tablespoons of soy sauce (use the gluten free kind if you want) and 4 tablespoons of rice vinegar.  I tossed this into the mix right before I was ready to turn off the heat.  Stir a few times & then serve!

It was really tasty!