I often change up the vegetables depending on what I have on-hand but will always make the eggs since the kids love eggs and they love eating it with seaweed. Bee-bim bop (the name translates as mix-mix rice) is a traditional Korean dish of rice topped, and then mixed, with meat and vegetables. It’s extra tasty having been marinated for so long. After defrosting, I just cook everything up and serve. A Korean-American girl celebrates food and family in this cheerful picture book about cooking with Mama by Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park. A Korean American girl celebrates food and family in this cheerful book about cooking a special meal by Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park. However, I will freeze marinated beef for bee-bim bop. Which is good… I can now store my ice cream maker in there. And I absolutely hate defrosting meat in the microwave. They say to never defrost meat at room temperature and instead to put meat in the fridge the night before but I can’t think that far ahead. I thought I was saving money but it ends up a pretty expensive venture for me since I will more than likely toss most, if not all, of the freezer-burnt packages into the garbage.

In bouncy rhyming text, a hungry child tells about helping her mother make bee-bim bop: shopping, preparing ingredients, setting the table, and finally sitting down with her family to enjoy a favorite meal. I used to buy meat in bulk from Costco: package it in small, neat, labelled packages and toss in the freezer. Buy a used copy of Bee-Bim Bop book by Linda Sue Park, Ho Baek Lee. Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. At the very back, she even includes her family recipe which is the one I use to marinate the beef. Bee-Bim Bop is written by Linda Sue Park and published by Clarion Books. We loved reading Bee-Bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park. According to the book that the princess borrowed from the library, bee-bim bop means “mix mix rice”. It is rice topped with a variety of vegetables and usually beef. Bee-bim what?! Bee-bim bop is a traditional Korean dish.

Bee bim bop by linda sue park