Healthy Balanced Fried Rice

BENEFITS:

Nutritional recipe assisting the body to be vigorous

***If you have nut allergies this recipe contains pine nuts and black roasted sesame seeds***

INGREDIENTS:

• Goji-berries: a small handful (about 20)
• Pine nuts: a handful
• Black roasted sesame seeds: a small handful
• Chinese Broccoli: 1½ cups (regular broccoli is fine  if you can’t find Chinese)
• Egg whites: from 3 to 4 eggs
• Chinese yam: (optional) – ½ cup cut in cubes and steam for 5 minutes
• Meat: (optional) chicken/pork/shrimp – ½ cup  (cut in cubes)
• Rice: 2 cups

PREPARATION

1. Warm up stir-fry pan and add coconut/vegetable oil
2. Add broccoli to cook for 3-4 minutes
3. Add rice and yam and mix all ingredients
4. Add egg whites and stir for a couple of minutes
5. Add Goji-berries and pine nuts to mix in
6. Salt to taste
7. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top
8. Serve and enjoy!

BEFORE THE PREPARATION

• Cook rice with 1½ cups of water (80% of normal amount of water).
• Soak Goji-berries with water for 20 minutes and rinse clean.
• Wash Chinese broccoli, discard leaves and cut stem thinly in pieces. If using regular broccoli use the florets.
• Beat egg whites.

Non-Vegetarian Option

If you are adding meat to the vegetable stir fry, do this separately:

• Chop meat in cubes
• 1 green onion – chopped small
• 2 tablespoons of ginger – chopped fine
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil
• Warm up stir-fry pan and add coconut/vegetable oil
• Add the chicken/pork/shrimp and chopped ginger and stir fry until cooked
• Add chopped green onion and stir for 30 seconds
• Put on top of the stir-fry vegetables and enjoy!