“Feel good” fried rice

Training: Run 3km

Today was my LAST run before the race on Sunday. While I am quite nervous, I am also super excited to be challenging my body to run the half marathon. I was only saying to Mr BBB the other day that I used to think 3km was a long run (and it WAS a long run for me at that time), but it is amazing what consistent training can achieve.

Dinner

I wanted carbs for dinner, and I also had some leftover roast beef in the fridge that needed to be used.  Rice & meat = Fried Rice!

Fried rice has a fairly bad reputation, due to its high number of calories and little nutritional value. To me there is nothing less appealing than restaurant fried rice that leaves you feeling 'oily' and thirsty due to a high salt, and MSG content.

But with only a few simple substitutes, it can become a healthy and satisfying meal. It is also one of those dishes that is both quick and easy to make, and a great way to use up leftover rice and meat, and any vegies you have in the fridge. I find that it is actually better to use cooked rice that is 2 to 3 days old.

(Clockwise from top left: broccoli, spring onions, carrot, eggs, capsicum, peas, corn and leftover roast beef – chopped up small and ready to go)

So how to turn this FRY UP into a FEEL GOOD dish?

My "healthy" substitutes included:

• Brown rice in place of white rice
• Lean meat (or other protein sources such as tofu)
• Lots and lots of fresh vegetables
• No oil  - use a non stick pan instead
• Low sodium soy sauce (or tamari in my case).

Simple yet delicious :) And a lot healthier than what you will find down at your local takeaway!

“Feel good” fried rice

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup corn kernels
• 1/2 cup peas
• 1/2 red capsicum (diced finely)
• 1/2 head broccoli
• 2 spring onions (chopped finely)
• 1 cup diced roast beef (but you could use tofu, chicken, lamb, prawns…whatever you have on hand really!)
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups cooked brown rice
• 1 tsp rice vinegar
• 1 tbs tamari (or soy sauce)

Method:

This really is a one pot wok meal :) Heat all the vegies over a high heat for a few minutes then add the rice and meat.

Once heat, break the eggs directly into the wok and stir through the mix until cooked.

Add the sauces, stir to combine, then serve. And try to stop yourself from going back for seconds ;)

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I hope that you are all having a wonderful Friday night! Time to catch a movie I think….

Happy baking :)