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Start a Healthy Lifestyle and Become a Wok Star with 3 Easy Steps

November 3, 2022 By Eleanor Hoh Leave a Comment

Do you find cooking a mundane chore, can’t get kids or partners to eat vegetables or never succeeded with diets?

I’ve got the answer, I’ve eliminated ALL the obstacles and much more. Start a Healthy Lifestyle and become a Wok Star with 3 Easy Steps which I’ve outlined below.

Cooking with family will become a creative and bonding time

Effortlessly lose weight with dishes full of FLAVORS, TEXTURES & COLORS

Family & friends will shower you with praises for all the delicious meals and enjoy dinners together with lively conversations

3 EASY steps to Become a Wok Star!…

Step 1 – Start Simple

Once you have the WOK STAR KIT, you’re on the road to being a Wok Star. Start small, wok up a stir fry vegetable side to go with how you presently cook. Your kids/partner will enjoy eating your crunchy vegetables.

Step 2 – Build your confidence

Next, add protein with your vegetables and make one dish dinners, they’re quick, simple and easy. This will build your confidence for the next stage.

Step 3 – You’re a Wok Star!

You know you’re a Wok Star when you start experimenting and get more creative with combining grilled steaks, slow cooking foods and start cooking ethnic dishes. Best part of this Healthy Lifestyle? The praises are so rewarding when you throw a dinner party for your family, friends or a date. You’ll feel like a rock star, i.e. a WOK STAR!

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Amazing Ways and Places Wok Stars Use Their Wok Star Kits!

November 2, 2022 By Eleanor Hoh Leave a Comment

I LOVE all the amazing ways and places Wok Stars use their WOK STAR KITS! Being a Wok Star encompasses more than just cooking, it’s about creating memories and helping people become less reliant on recipes and most importantly, creating a fun way to cook and eat healthier. If you treat cooking like a ‘Healthy Hobby” instead of a “diet”, then it’ll be something you WANT to do rather than HAVE to do, right?

I’m so happy Wok Stars and I continue to be in touch and keep up with their successes. These are only some of hundreds of fabulous comments I get from Wok Stars. If you’re a Wok Star, do email me.

My WOK STAR KIT and gas stove is a traveling kitchen, you can cook anywhere…

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Amazing WAYS Wok Stars use their Wok Star Kits…

YOU’VE PUT THE FUN BACK INTO COOKING!
Dr. Eric, OBGYN. “Wok so much…can’t tell you enough how much you have changed my eating habits and inspired so much enjoyment for cooking. :)” He now finds cooking a relaxing time to decompress after work.

EASY & HEALTHY FOR TEENAGERS!
Chris B, software engineer. We definitely like the wok the more we use it. 4 of us cook, we throw whatever we want into the wok and stir it up for 1 dish. Takes 5 mins to make lunch or dinner. Trying to make it easier for teenagers instead of the typical unhealthy diet. He’s even gifted my WOK STAR KIT to a couple who loved his style of cooking so much.

WOK WILL TRAVEL!
Henri A, designer & event planner. “This handy dandy cast iron wok has its own suitcase and I never leave home without it! Camping…Beach…Hiking…or let me cook for you at your house!…It is the single most important piece for cooking for me! Thank you Eleanor for introducing me and for giving me the simplest and most impactful way to make flavorful memories! I am a Wok Star!”

READY TO BE A WOK STAR!

Amazing PLACES Wok Stars use their Wok Star Kits…

COOKING WHILE RVing
Alex M, Photographer, transforms vintage trucks, furniture and leather into amazing man caves and beverage trucks. “Just because you’re RVing, doesn’t mean you can’t cook a badass meal!”

CAMPING IN PARKS
Stefan, trainer & digital guru. He and his wife went camping and cooked in their WOK STAR KIT in parks.

MOUNTAINS, NO PROBLEM
Stephanie P, my ex-class assistant, Cruise Guide for Alaska environment & bicycling. She was such an enthusiastic WOK STAR, always eager to cook anywhere. This was taken in Sierra Nevada mountains.

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Wok Steamed Chicken & Mushrooms

January 6, 2017 By Eleanor Hoh Leave a Comment

Wok Steamed Chicken and Mushrooms is a simple, healthy and tasty dish to start your New Year Resolution right and you will be rewarded with loads of compliments! There’s very little prep time and considering it’s only 2 main ingredients: organic chicken thighs and oyster mushrooms, it oozes with natural flavors.
It’s a very typical homestyle dish my mom used to make and instantly brings back vivid childhood memories when you take that first bite. I sent my sisters the photo collage and they all wanted it right away, it’s funny how food associations are so strong.

Benefits of Steaming…
Your wok really is versatile, it’s not just for an Asian stir fry. The shape, depth and wide opening makes it a perfect pan for steaming. Steaming is a really fast way of cooking fish and chicken while retaining its natural flavors.

IMPROVISE…
My approach to cooking for newbies is to improvise with what you have and make it the best tasting dish, if you don’t have mushrooms, it will still taste good! The dried oyster mushrooms are the ones that came in your Kit! As with any of my dishes, you can substitute with turkey, pork, beef, fish, tofu.
My personal preference is chicken thighs or drumsticks, they are more moist and tender compared to breast which can be dry and not as flavorful. I just reminded my sisters what they said to me when I was young and would ONLY eat breast, “let her enjoy cause she’ll realize dark meat that’s good when she gets older!” Ha, ha and here I am.
Feel free to blanche whatever vegetable you have, I had green beans. It’s also a fast way to cook up a batch of vegetables if you’re in a hurry, I show how to blanche veggies here.

Ingredients:
1 packet organic chicken thighs deboned and skinned (Costco)
Earthy Delight oyster mushrooms, or a mix of enoki, shitake, whatever you like
knob ginger
2 scallions
handful cilantro

3/4 lb. green beans blanched in wok with drop of grape seed oil and salt
curry quinoa
Seasonings:
TSPC: tamari, sherry, pepper (ground white), cornstarch
grape seed oil
salt
curry powder
Prep Instructions:
1. Cut chicken into 3-4 chunks and put into coup dish, marinade with TSPC.
2. Trim mushroom stems and save steeping juice and stems for making stock if using dried. Add mushrooms to chicken and mix in.
3. shred ginger, chop cilantro and shred scallions, save a few for garnish. Add to dish and mix in.
4. Boil water in your wok, place steamer rack or wood chopsticks across your wok as shown (don’t use disposable because they bend). If your lid has a gap between lid and wok, drape a kitchen towel to prevent steam escaping.
Cooking Process…
1. Make rice or quinoa first, takes about 20 mins. You can cheat with making curry quinoa by sprinkling curry powder, coconut oil and salt once quinoa is cooked and combine well. (I like to fry my quinoa in a little oil when it’s cooled off and sprinkle curry powder, the aroma is exquisite.)
2. Blanch green beans in boiling water in your wok and squeeze a few drops of grape seed oil and little salt and put lid on. Taste for doneness, I like mine crunchy, remember they continue cooking a little, drain and set aside.
3. Place your dish of chicken and mushrooms on top of chopsticks and put lid on. Test at about 8-10 mins by cutting into one of the chunks for doneness (i.e. any red), you don’t need to turn over. Don’t keep opening the lid while it’s cooking cause you’ll let all the steam out.
My Steamed Ground Turkey Meatloaf was pinned 106 times, woohoo. I also showed how to use your wok in 3 different ways in one dinner: steam, blanche and fry, so make use of that wok!