Fried Rice.

When I make a salad for dinner, I usually make another meal for James and Matty.  They can handle a little salad with dinner, but not as an entire meal for their dinner.  One of those salad nights, I make fried rice for them.  It has a great nutritional value.

                 

Ingredients:

Canola or Vegetable oil for cooking

Any kinds of your favorite vegetables such as:

onions

carrots

green bell pepper

 

4 slices of thinly sliced ham

2 eggs, beaten

3 cups of cooked rice (better if cooked rather hard)

salt and pepper

soy sauce

1. Finely chop the vegetables and ham the same size.  

2. Heat the pan until hot and add 1/2 Tbsp of oil.  Cook soft scrambled eggs.  Set them aside on a plate.

3. Using the same pan, on high heat, heat 1 tbsp oil and fry vegetables.  Season with salt and pepper. Stir fry them for about 3 minutes and add ham.  Keep frying them until they are cooked through, about a few minutes longer.

4. Add 1 tbsp oil to the pan and when it's sizzled, add the rice to it.  Using a metal spatula or wooden spatula, fry the rice and vegetables, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pan constantly, for about 7 minutes.  If the rice sticks to the bottom, don't worry.  That happens.  Try to scrape as much as possible.

5. Add the scrambled eggs to the rice and vegetables.  

6. Season with salt and pepper generously.  The key is to keep tasting as you season.

7. Add 1 tsp. of soy sauce.  Stir the rice and done!