When my friend Alana returned from three weeks in Asia, she brought back a set of chopsticks for FoodFash.  And since I seemed to have thrown away any set of sticks I had accumulated over the years, it was a gift I received with much excitement.  A gift I couldn’t wait to use {and photograph}.

So I decided to make a dish that I typically enjoy, but always wish was better: beef with broccoli.  And I bettered it up by buttering up a 6 ounce filet, using this steak recipe that’s so amazing there’s never a need to deviate.

When the steak was finished, I cooked the broccoli using this recipe as my guide.  I used similar quantities, but replaced soy sauce with liquid aminos, peanut oil with sunflower oil, sesame oil with coconut oil, and added 1 tablespoon of fish sauce.  I loved that the broccoli was seasoned but not drowning in an overpowering syrup.  And naturally, subbing whatever cut of beef that is typically used with a filet was an A++ choice.