I love stir fry. I fell in love in NYC, just about every typical lunch spot in the city has a stir fry station. So considering I don't live there I needed to recreate it myself to get the fix. Stir fry is a great way to eat a ton of vegetables, and this one has little soy sauce in it and no sugar. Healthier and your sodium levels won't be out of control.

Here's what ya need.

Chicken broth, olive oil, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, shrimp, rice, 5 veggies (give or take) red pepper flakes.

1. Mince 5-6 cloves of garlic, about 1 1/2 piece of ginger, and chop up your veggies. Today I'm using red peppers, broccoli, onions, carrots, scallions and zucchini. But really choose whatever you have or like. Mushrooms, green beans, snap peas, bok choy, asparagus, the list is endless!

2. Measure out your rice, and get it cooking. Then put your olive oil in the pan on medium-low and add your garlic and ginger, reserving a little of each to use later with your shrimp. Cook about 2 minutes, do not let brown. Add your veggies, stir, and cover to allow to steam. Stir regularly. You can add your red pepper flakes here if you choose too!

* When adding your veggies, think about cooking time. With the veggies I used carrots take the longest to cook. I added them about 5 min before anything else to give them a head start. Next I added my peppers, broccoli, and zucchini. I cooked that about half way and added my onion. Then waited till the end to add the scallions.

3. When your veggies are al dente, repeat step 3 but with your shrimp. Shrimp are quick cookers, 4-5 min tops. They will also cook a little more when you add them to the veggie mix.

4. Add chicken broth and soy sauce to your veggies, stir, then add shrimp to veggie pan. Allow to cook about 2 minutes then serve over rice. Enjoy!

The recipe

4 tbs olive oil ( 3 1/2 with veggies, 1/2 tbs with shrimp)

1/2 cup chicken broth

2 tbs soy sauce

1 1/2 inch piece of ginger

5 cloves garlic

Veggies

1 cup rice ( I like 2 to 1 ratio liquid to rice)

1/4 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)

1 lb. shrimp peeled and deveined

The extras:

*If you like spicy food add a chili pepper or two to your veggies mix!

*Use as many different vegetables as you like.

*You can substitute chicken or steak for shrimp.

*You can use brown rice, white rice, quinoa, or noodles.

*This will give you 5 "healthy" size portions.