This is ALL new to me!

This whole blogging thing is completely new to me. For some reason I woke up today and decided I want to start sharing my recipes, things I cook, and random other things that come up! Plus it helps me keep track of foods that I have made and liked enough to share with others!:) 

Tonight's dinner was a 'look in the pantry and come up with something' kind of night. So that's what I did and here it is:

Shrimp Fried Rice
Total Time: 30 min (give or take)
Serves 8 (1 cup serving sizes)

• 1 box of brown rice (Mine made 8 cups cooked)
• 5 large carrots- peeled and chopped
• 1 small vidalia onion- diced
• 1 bunch of spring onions- chopped
• 4 eggs scrambled
• 1 pack of frozen, deveined, peeled shrimp (26-30 count)
• 2 Tbs. of Thousand Island dressing
• 1 Tbs. of light Mayo
• soy sauce, salt and pepper- all to taste

I started by cooking my rice, thawing and boiling my shrimp, scrambling the eggs, and chopping all the ingredients up. This led to an easy assembly of the actual dish and having it all right there to dump into the wok or whatever pan you want to use (pic on the left)!


I also mixed the two tablespoons of Thousand Island dressing with the one tablespoon of mayo together- this came out to be similar to those Japanese steak house "yummy yummy" sauces! 


To begin compiling the fried rice together I heated up the wok and threw some olive oil down, probably about 2-3 tablespoons, just enough to cover the bottom and allow a good sizzle. I poured the carrots, onion, and spring onions in the hot oil and allowed it to sauté for about 5 minutes (I didn't want the onions to become translucent though). Remove that mixture from heat, then throw the rice in there and allow it to sizzle on its own for another 5 or so minutes. Then, throw the veggies back in along with the egg and shrimp, mix it all up. Once those are evenly mixed together, add soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste ( I also added a splash of teriyaki sauce just because I had it in the fridge). Lastly throw in the 'yummy yummy' or whatever it is mix in there and stir it all up. Allow it to heat up some more and serve! 

There are a lot of variations to do with the recipe and it was so easy-everything was already in the house! Take out whatever you may not like, add in other veggies if you want, but this was a hit with the fam tonight! 

I hope you enjoy!

Thanks to the iPhone app MyFitnessPal I am able to give the calories and all for the meal as well!

Cals: 327  Total Fat: 7.3 g