Asian stir-fry featured
Information on making a toy chest, cooking beef and using recycled products in landscaping will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” at noon Tuesday and 2 p.m. Saturday.
Bruce Johnson, a representative of Minwax in Upper Saddle River, N.J., will show how to take an unfinished toy chest and customize it to help your child stay more organized — and store all of his or her treasures.
Patty Waid, director of consumer affairs for the New Mexico Beef Council, will demonstrate how to use different cuts of beef for the ever-popular and healthy stir fry recipes. She lives in Albuquerque.
An expert in using recycled products in landscape design, Joyce Gagnon will show how to build raised beds and decks using recycled plastic lumber. She’ll also show different types of plastic lumber and composites. Gagnon represents The American Plastics Council in Washington, DC.
Information on decorating cakes with fondant and creating dimensionals will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday.
Nancy Siler, director of consumer affairs with Wilton Industries, will demonstrate how fun and easy it is to decorate cakes with fondant. She’s from Woodridge, Ill.
Sewing expert and designer Barbara Crawford will show how to create dimensional artwork and attach if to clothing so it is permanent and washable. Her company is Crawford Designs Patterns in Gladstone, Mo.
Asian Beef and Vegetable Stir-Fry
1 1/4 pounds boneless beef top sirloin steak, cut 1 inch thick
4 cups assorted fresh vegetables, such as sugar snap peas, broccoli florets, bell pepper strips and shredded carrot
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup prepared stir-fry sauce, preferably sesame-ginger flavor
1/8-1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
3 cups hot cooked rice
2 tablespoons unsalted dry-roasted peanuts (optional)
Cut beef steak lengthwise in half, and then crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick strips. Combine vegetables and 3 tablespoons water in large nonstick skillet. Cover and cook over medium-high heat 4 minutes or until crisp-tender. Remove and drain. Heat same pan over medium-high heat until hot. Add 1/2 of beef and 1/2 of garlic; stir-fry 1 to 2 minutes or until outside surface of beef is no longer pink. Remove. Repeat with remaining beef and garlic. Return all beef and vegetables to pan. Add stir-fry sauce and red pepper; heat through. Spoon over rice. Sprinkle with peanuts, if desired.
Yield: 6 servings.
“Creative Living” is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations in the United States, Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico, and is distributed by Westlink, Albuquerque.
