Super Easy Fried Rice

I love fried rice and homemade is so much better than take out because it's not as greasy and you can add what you like. I've made fried rice several times before and it turned out good but sometimes kind of dry and I was adding quite a bit of soy sauce or water to moisten it. I recently watched an episode of The Kitchen on Food Network where Chef Jet Tila made a bacon and egg fried rice that put the beaten eggs in the skillet with the rice to make a kind of sauce and then added a little soy and oyster sauce.  It looked really good, was quick and easy so I made fried rice for supper that night. It was the best fried rice ever, super moist and took less that 30 minutes to make. I used ground pork in mine, veggies from my freezer and cooked rice in our rice cooker. It's so versatile and easy, with any kind of meat, vegetables and cooked rice, plus my husband loved it so I will definitely be making this again. It's also a great way to use leftovers. Here's the recipe:

1 lb. cooked meat, bacon, ground pork or chicken
2 cups cooked rice
1 to 2 cups chopped vegetables, such as onions, sweet peppers, carrots. green beans, peas or broccoli
2 eggs beaten
1 t each seasoned salt, pepper and parsley or an herb mix
2 to 3 T soy sauce, can also add oyster sauce

Cook rice in rice cooker, on stove or use leftover rice. In large skillet, brown meat and set aside.  In meat drippings (if not enough drippings add 1 t bacon grease or oil) , season vegetables with seasoned salt, pepper, parsley or herb mix and cook until tender 10 to 15 minutes, depending on vegetables. Add meat back in. When rice is done, add beaten eggs to skillet then add rice directly into wet egg and press the rice into the egg, stir until rice is coated.  Add soy and/or oyster sauce and check seasonings.  Mixture is done when egg is completely cooked, which just takes a few minutes.

Enjoy,
Bamah

Snow Day Blessings

Snow days are such a blessing, especially in Oklahoma where we don't get much snow to speak of. Snow in Oklahoma is measured in inches, not feet.  When it does snow, it doesn't matter what time it is, you go outside to play in it because before long it's melted and gone. Sometimes it melts in the same day but usually by the next day it's gone. It's really special if it stays around for 2 days. Snow somehow makes me nostalgic, remembering my childhood, old Christmas movies that had snow in them and just a quieter time to hold up at home with blankets and warm drinks. It also brings out our inner child as in throwing snow balls at each other, playing out in it and building a snowman. We had our first snow on a Saturday in early December and it was quite a bit for us. My daughter, Tabitha, was home for the weekend and I was working.  We closed early due to weather so I went home and made soup.  We immediately went out and started taking pictures of our winter wonderland.

Tabitha and our dog, Clapton, played out in the snow and she built a snowman. Clapton had a blast running around in the snow with her but after awhile he got cold and was ready to come inside. Snow brings out Tabitha's inner child, she gets giddy and just has to be out in it. The next day the sun was out and by the afternoon the snow was melted and gone. The first part of this month, we got another snow storm, this time several inches fell and blanketed the area closing many schools and businesses.

We had 1 1/2 snow days which was nice. I was already off but it was still exciting to wake up to snow covering everything. I went outside and took pictures, everything was so pretty. Snow causes us to slow down, it gives us time to hibernate, clean out stuff, cook, watch TV, read or just relax. Tabitha had 2 days off from work because of weather so the first day she cleaned and rearranged furniture in her apartment and the second day she walked around her neighborhood taking snow pictures.

May this year bring many blessing days where we can slow down and just enjoy the moments.

Enjoy,

Bamah