Stir Fry

For a basic stir fry:

1 lb meat of choice
1 Tb corn starch
1 Tb soy sauce
Cut veggies of choice ( onion, carrots, broccoli, a frozen bag of oriental, etc)
Spices of choice ( ginger, garlic, green onion, sesame seeds, pepper-red or black, etc)
Sauce ( teriyaki, sweet and sour, bottled, orange, etc)

Stir fry meat can always be added plain, but if you want a little extra flavor add 1 Tb corn starch and 1 Tb soy sauce can make a difference.

 Cut up 1 pound chicken, beef or pork into pieces as desired. Sprinkle corn starch and soy sauce over the top.  Stir well.  Heat a small amount of oil (1 Tb) in a frying pan or wok and you are set. Adjust corn starch and soy sauce amounts as necessary for quantity of meat.

Cook meat, remove from the pan. Add spices and brown quickly. Cook vegetables until almost ready. Return meat. Add sauce of choice. Serve over rice or sesame noodles.

Pork Loin Roast

Since one of the less expensive cuts of meat here is pork loin, I've found quite a few ways to use it 

Chalupa pork

Barbecue pork sandwiches

Carnitas

Posole

And traditional roast

I never really loved the roast recipe I used even though it was easy 

Then, I found this one!

Everyone commented on how much they liked it. 

Winner, winner, pork loin dinner!

2-3 pound pork loin

1 envelope dry onion soup mix

2 cups water

1 cup beef broth

3 Tb fresh minced garlic

3 Tb soy sauce

Black pepper to taste

Place pork in crock pot with the soup packet. Pour water, broth and soy sauce over the top. Turn the roast to coat all sides. Spread the garlic over the top leaving as much as possible on the roast. Sprinkle with pepper. Cover and cook on low for 7+ hours.

About 30 minutes before serving, remove the roast to a platter. Stir 1 1/2 Tb of flour into a tiny amount of cold water until it is smooth. Pour this into the liquid in the crock pot and whisk. Replace the roast and cover. Gravy will thicken as it warms. You can skip this step and just serve the thinner sauce as an au jus if preferred.