Cilantro Lime Rice

I made this rice to go with the Chicken Ropa Vieja but now it is my go to rice recipe. I find that rice can be kind of boring but this rice is far from that. Gina, you are my new favorite blogger. I cut this recipe down so I only used 1/3 cup of rice because that was more than enough for the two of us for a side dish.

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup extra long grain rice or basmati rice
• 1 tsp lime, juice of
• 2/3 cups chicken broth
  
• 1 tbsp fresh chopped cilantro

Directions:

1. Put all ingredients into a sauce pan. Bring to a boil. Reduce to simmer. Cook for 20-25 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed.

Makes 2 servings: calories per serving 110

Chicken Fried Rice

Last night I tried my hand at making orange chicken. Needless to say it was a disaster and we ended up ordering Chinese food rather than eating what I made. Every time we order Chinese we always end up with left over rice so this afternoon I decided to try to make Chinese food again, but this time I tried fried rice.

Thankfully this time the food ended up in my stomach rather than the trash can. I don't normally order fried rice so I wasn't sure what it was really supposed to taste like but I gobbled mine down and so did Miles.

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups day old rice
• 1 chicken breast
• 1/4 cup diced onion
• 1/2 cup frozen peas
• 1/2 cup shredded carrots (cut even smaller)
• 1 tbsp soy sauce

Directions:

1. Cut the chicken breast into small pieces and toss into a saute pan. Add diced onions, peas, and carrots and saute until chicken is cooked.
2. Add rice to the mixture tossing a few times until the rice is warmed.
3. Crack eggs into a small container and whisk. Make a hole in the middle of the rice mixture and pour in the eggs. Allow eggs to cook for about 2 minutes before mixing with the rice.
4. Mix the rice with the eggs and continue cooking for about 5 minutes. You want the eggs to fully cook in small pieces. Add soy sauce and serve.

Makes two servings: calories per serving - 400