Friday, March 4, 2011

Faux Fried Rice and Stir Fry

I made this recipe a year or two ago and really liked it so I'm not sure why I haven't made it again. But for some reason, fried rice has sounded good lately and I recalled making this and thought I'd see what the bf thought of it too.

Faux Fried Rice
1 head of cauliflower
1/2 bag of frozen peas and carrots
1 bunch green onions
2 eggs
ginger
soy sauce

1. I've heard you can grate the cauliflower with a cheese grater but I think it is much cleaner to use the food processor. Cut the head of cauliflower into a few chunks and put it in the food processor with the grating blade in it. Make sure it all gets grated into tiny pieces somewhat resembling rice.

2. Put a little bit of olive oil in a hot pan and stir fry it until it starts to get tender. Add the chopped green onion, peas and carrots, ginger and a couple tablespoons of soy sauce.

3. Once the veggies are tender, push them to the side of the pan. Scramble two eggs and cook on the empty half of the pan. Once they are cooked, mix them into the cauliflower mixture. Enjoy!

For the stir fry, I marinated some thin cut top round steaks in Mrs. Dash (salt free) Spicy Teriyaki marinade for a couple hours. Then I sliced it up and cooked the meat until about done. I stirred in some frozen stir fry veggies and cooked until tender. I also added garlic. Yum! It looks like fried rice doesn't it? But there isn't a single grain of rice on that plate!

5 comments:

  1. Looks great Michelle! I've loved all your cooking. Some are new to me which is great inspiration for me to change it up!

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  2. Thanks Kari! Mixing it up has been my goal too...it is so easy to get used to eating the same things all the time. And how boring is that?!?! :)

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  3. I have a great recipe I just tried for getting your chocolate/dessert fix and I must share. I have been doing lots of banana 'milkshakes' (aka smoothie) lately and my newest variation hits the spot a bit more. . .
    in the blender:
    1 banana (the riper, the sweeter)
    1 c. milk
    5-9 ice cubes (start w/ 5 and add more if needed)
    optional:
    1 t. vanilla
    1T cocoa powder
    1T peanut butter
    1T sugar

    Makes 2 servings . . . Yummo

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  4. I'm still trying to learn to like bananas but so far I just can't bring myself to eat them or even smell them! I've been using a whey protein powder that is chocolate peanut butter flavored though and it is REALLY good blended in the blender with a little more peanut butter and milk and ice. Yum! I bet your idea of adding vanilla would make it even tastier too! Thanks Jeanine!

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  5. Looks really good! I'm gonna have to try it!

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