"You should write this one down..."

I don't really cook by recipe, although one of my fondest pleasures is reading cookbooks and cooking magazines. Somewhere, jumbled up in my head are all the recipes I've ever read and all the things I've ever cooked and that's what shows up on the plate.

This can be annoying to people who eat my cooking because it is sometimes difficult to get a repeat performance. Carl has taken to saying "You should write that one down so you can make it again." Here it goes:

Shredded beef with Ginger-Mushrooms

I sometimes purchase already cooked shredded beef, or you can make it yourself. When you make it yourself, make extra!

Finely mince 1" ginger, 3 cloves garlic and begin to saute them in a large heavy skillet in 3T coconut oil.

Add 4 chopped scallions, greens and all. Add 1/4-1/2t dried red pepper flakes.

Add 4 minced carrots. You have to cut the carrots very small or they will take too long to cook.

Saute about 10min.

Add 1 box crimini mushrooms, sliced.

Saute about 5min or until carrots are done.

Sprinkle on 1T toasted, dark sesame oil and 8T wheat-free tamari.

If we want to be quibblers, which I do not have time for, toasted sesame oil is not the greatest ingredient. However, it is delicious and unusual and improves my life. Use it very sparingly. We can also quibble about the wheat-free tamari. Same answer. If you have it, you could use truly fermented fish sauce instead which is absolutely Paleo and it sustained the Roman army.

Add in your shredded beef (about 6oz for this recipe). Mix it in and heat everything through.

Eat. OK-I wrote it down.