Fried Rice

Want to get your kids (and maybe your spouse!) to eat more veggies? This is a great way to do that! This Fried Rice will set you up for success in your healthy eating habits for the New Year, including adding more veggies into your meals!

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I love to use C&W vegetables in my cooking. They store really well in the freezer, and that means they’re always handy when I want to add more veggies to a dish. I also love that the veggies are frozen right away, locking in nutrients and taste. C&W vegetables make it easy it is to provide a delicious & satisfying meal.

Make sure you add C&W Vegetables to your shopping list and don’t forget to take advantage of the $.50 off of 1 package of C&W vegetables Ibotta coupon good at select Walmart stores (while supplies last).

I shopped at Walmart to pick up these veggies. I hadn’t seen the pepper strips (the bag in to middle of the picture above) at many grocery stores, so I was excited by the selection that Walmart has.

We always use leftover rice for this. In fact, now I make extra rice just so we will have leftovers rice to make fried rice. If your rice is leftover and cold from the fridge, warm it in the microwave for a minute so that it’s at least room temperature or warmer, it doesn’t have to be piping hot.

We usually use a blend of half white rice and half brown rice. Dan likes white rice and I like brown rice, but I’ve found that this blend works well for both of us. For this fried rice, any will work: all white, a blend or brown and white, or even all brown (but it will be more hippy if you use all brown!).

We often add tofu to Fried Rice to make it more of a main dish. Feel free to add chicken, shrimp, or beef to your liking. We like to add in whatever veggies are in the fridge to this basic Fried Rice recipe. We’ll add chopped cabbage purple or green, baby corn, water chestnuts, whatever’s in there and can be used up works great!

Here’s the rice in the skillet, I wanted you to be able to see what I meant by “Move the rice to one side of the skillet, and add the steamed carrots, peas, and pepper strips to the other side of the skillet.”

Feel free to double this recipe, as it gets eaten fast!

Veggie Fried Rice Recipe

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Fried Rice

Servings 2

Author Dan

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons + 1 tablespoon olive oil or your choice of light tasting oil, divided use
• 4 large eggs
• 2 cup cooked rice warmed in the microwave for a minute
• 1 tablespoon lower sodium soy sauce
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• ¼ teaspoon onion powder
• ¼ teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds plus additional for garnish
• ½ cup shredded carrots
• ½ cup C&W frozen peas
• ½ cup C&W frozen bell pepper strips

Instructions

1. Heat a large skillet, preferably a cast iron skillet, over medium-high heat. While skillet preheats, crack eggs into a small bowl, and whisk or stir with a fork until well mixed. Once skillet is good and hot, add 1 teaspoon oil, and once oil is hot, add in the eggs, scrambling as the cook. Once eggs are cooked to your liking, remove them from the skillet and place in a separate bowl, set aside.
2. Wipe out the skillet, and add in 1 tablespoon oil. Once hot, add the cooked rice, and let sit, covered, for about 3-5 minutes while the rice browns a bit on the bottom. Drizzle remaining 1 teaspoon oil over the top of the rice, and flip rice so that it can brown on the other side, cook, covered, about 5-7 more minutes.
3. While rice cooks, place shredded carrots in a microwaveable bowl, add in about 1 tablespoon water, and cover with a dinner plate. Microwave on high for 1 minute. Drain well.
4. Stir in soy sauce, garlic powder, onion powder, pepper, and sesame seeds. Move the rice to one side of the skillet, and add the steamed carrots, peas, and pepper strips to the other side of the skillet. Cover and cook about 3 minutes, or until veggies have heated through. Add cooked scrambled eggs back to the skillet, stir to combine, and cook until everything is nice and hot, about 5 minutes more.
5. Devour!

Recipe Notes

Makes 2 main dish or 4 side dish servings