Cumin Scented Turkey Stir-fry

I made this dish for my parents during their recent visit. I think it epitomizes my mother’s style of cooking, which embraces fresh foods, creates balanced, one-dish meals, maximizes deals at the grocery, and stretches key ingredients within meals.

Unfortunately my camera charger was lost somewhere in my boxes, so I only had my cell phone camera to capture this meal!

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How to make fried rice, plus Thai-style Vegetarian Basil Fried Rice

I love fried rice. It is a quick, complete meal and is a great way to use up odds and ends/whatever’s currently in season. Fried rice is really a very basic food form, you just need to tweak a few things here and there depending on what you have on hand.

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