Showing posts with label Rice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rice. Show all posts

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Veggie Stir Fry with Brown Rice

Pictured without egg due to the fact that this was my bowl and I can't eat eggs. My husband's bowl had the egg in it, but no green veggies, which he could eat but chooses not to...
Ingredients:

1 egg
2 tsp olive oil
1/2 - 1 C chopped onion
2 garlic cloves, crushed or minced
1 lg. carrot, sliced into matchstick sized pieces
1 C broccoli florets
1 C green beans, roughly chopped (I used frozen & broke them to size :)
2 cups brown rice, cooked & cooled (leftover brown rice from previous recipe)
3 T soy sauce
2 t honey (optional)
1 sliced, cooked chicken breast (optional)

Stir together soy sauce and honey if you want a slightly sweet taste, and set aside.

Beat egg with a fork. Heat wok over med-high heat. Add 1 tsp olive oil to hot wok. Add egg and swirl around to form a thin omelet. Cook about a minute, turn and cook another minute. Remove to a cutting board & thinly slice.

Add remaining 1 tsp. olive oil to wok. Add onion, garlic, carrot, broccoli, & green beans. Stir-fry 3-4 minutes or until veggies are crisp tender. Add rice and soy sauce (and chicken if desired). Stir fry 3 minutes or until heated through. Add egg and stir to combine. Serve immediately. This makes 2 big servings.

Obviously you can mix up the veggies and include peppers or whatever you like, which we choose not to (because we don't like).

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Oven Brown Rice


So not as scrumptious looking as the Coconut Bars, but a little balance here would do us some good! Brown rice is better for you and way more tasty than white rice. I'm not always successful with brown rice, but I get it right most consistently with this recipe:

2 Cup brown rice
1 t salt (or seasoned salt)
1 T olive oil
3 1/2 Cups boiling water
1-2 t chicken bouillon (optional)

Preheat oven to 375. Grease a 2 qt. casserole dish that has a lid (or else you can cover the top with a double layer of aluminum foil that you pinch around the edges of the dish to seal). Put the rice, salt and olive oil in the dish, and pour the boiling water over it all. Put the lid on (or foil) tight and bake for 1 hour. Fluff with a fork and let sit 5 minutes with lid on. Delicious!

Later I'll use some of this for veggie fried rice...recipe to come!