Some firsts for me last night that worked well:

1. I used an 18oz flatiron steak cut across the grain in 3/8" wide strips and then marinated for about an hour in Soy, Oyster, and Hoisin sauces with chopped garlic. That was both tender and very flavorful. I will use that again as well as for fajitas.

2. I was forced to use some frozen veggies and to reduce the water I put them into a colander about 2 hours ahead of time to drain as much water off as possible---it worked but fresh veggies would have been better.

3. I "integrated" cooked thin Amish egg noodles at the end of cooking. There were no racial problems