Purple (Fried) Rice

You had dinner last night. You made some bombass purple rice. But alas, you still have a little rice left. It’s too yucky to heat up and eat as is… so what in the world do you do with it?

Make the world’s freakin’ healthiest fried rice, that’s what!

Purple fried rice is seriously the easiest thing to make. You can pretty much throw in whatever you want: eggs, veggies, sausage, spam, firm tofu, etc. and it will still be delicious. (Purple rice not necessary — that’s just how we like to do it.)

Yields: 2 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 cups cooked rice
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp finely minced garlic
• 1 cup raw spinach
• 1 cup raw mushrooms
• 1/2 cup soycutash
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Beat eggs together in a bowl. Chop your veggies into small pieces.
2. Heat 1 tbsp cooking oil on medium-high in a large wok. When oil is hot, add garlic, stirring until fragrant. Add veggies in order of how long they take to cook–(in our case, mushrooms first. then spinach and soycutash). Season with 1/2 tbsp of soy sauce.
3. Add in egg. When slightly solidified, start moving it around until bits of egg are evenly dispersed throughout.
4. Finally, add the rice. Throw in the remaining soy sauce, and a tsp or so of sesame oil and a bit of salt and pepper. Fry on high heat until rice is heated thoroughly.

Note: A great addition to fried rice, if you aren’t going for that whole nutritious thing… Chinese sausage. Filled with flavorful fat, they add superb flavor to your fried rice. Cut the susage into 1/4″ pieces and heat them on the wok over low heat for three minutes or so. If you want to use Chinese sausage, start with it at the very beginning before adding other ingredients.

Colorful Couscous

With bikini/speedo (haha, jk!) season coming along, it seems like everyone and their mother is watching their figures! As we all know, staying in shape is no easy task, especially when it comes to our diets…goodbye, decadent triple layer chocolate mousse cake . BUT, not to worry, for all you deprived dieters, here is a healthy alternative that is just as satisfying to your eyes as it is to your tastebuds. Without further ado, KT presents to you the amazing COLORFUL COUSCOUS!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 a can of chicken broth
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 cup of whole wheat couscous
• 1/4 of a red onion
• 1 clove garlic
• 1/2 cup of trail mix (chopped almonds, dried blueberries, raspberries, cranberries, etc.)
• 1/2 cup of frozen veggies (corn, edamame, peas, etc.)
• soy sauce, sesame oil to taste

Directions:

1. Finely chop the onion and garlic.
2. Heat olive oil on medium in large saucepan for one minute (we use a wok!). Sauté the onion and garlic.
3. Once onions are translucent, add couscous and sauté together for a few minutes.
4. Pour in chicken broth and wait until it simmers. Toss in frozen veggies.
5. Wait until frozen veggies are cooked, and then remove saucepan from heat.
6. Drizzle soy sauce and sesame oil over the couscous to taste, mixing in thoroughly.
7. Finally, add and stir in the trail mix, fluff up couscous and brace yourself for the compliments!