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Breakfast Fried Rice

August 1, 2024 by Dinner Tonight

Create a powerhouse breakfast that EVERYONE will be sure to love. Breakfast Fried Rice is the perfect way to utilize leftovers and pantry staples to build a better breakfast for your family.

Megan Glidden

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Ingredients
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cup white onion chopped
  • 1/2 cup red bell pepper chopped
  • 2 teaspoons garlic
  • 3 cups cold cooked brown rice
  • 3 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
  • 4 slices turkey bacon cooked, cut in bit size pieces
  • 1 cup frozen peas and carrots
  • 1/2 cup frozen sweet corn
  • 1/3 cup green onions chopped
Servings: 1/2 cup servings
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  1. Wash hands and clean work surfaces
  2. In a small bowl crack eggs and add pepper. Beat with a fork
  3. In a large non-stick skillet or wok, add eggs and scramble over low heat until cooked. Remove eggs from skillet.
  4. In the same skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Once hot, add onion, red bell pepper and garlic. Cook until onion is translucent, and mixture is fragrant.
  5. Add brown rice to vegetable mixture and stir until well combined. Fry the rice for 4-5 minutes.
  6. Add soy sauce over brown rice and stir until well combined.
  7. In the same skillet with the fried rice, add bacon, frozen peas and carrots, and frozen corn. Stir and cook until vegetables and bacon are heated through.
  8. Remove skillet from heat. Gently stir in eggs. Garnish with green onions.
  9. Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes

Breakfast Fried Rice Nutrition Facts Serving size 1/2 Cup (232g) servings per container 6 Amount per serving Calories 260 % Daily Value Total Fat 9 g 12 % Saturated Fat 2 g 10 % Trans Fat 0 g Cholesterol 135 mg 45 % Sodium 510 mg 22 % Total Carbohydrate 36 g 13 % Dietary Fiber 4 g 14 % Total Sugars 3 g Added Sugars 0 g 0 % Protein 12 g Vitamin D 1 mcg 6 % Calcium 56 mg 4 % Iron 2 mg 10 % Potassium 365 mg 8 %

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: egg, eggs, fried rice, Turkey

Chicken and Gnocchi Dumplings

January 10, 2024 by Dinner Tonight

If you love classic Chicken and Dumplings, you’ll love our healthy twist using pantry staples like dry gnocchi in place of traditional dumplings. This recipe also gets an additional fiber and protein boost from an unexpected source: blending white cannellini beans and stirring into the broth close to the end of the cooking time!

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  • CourseMain Dish
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Ingredients
  • 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast poached and shredded
  • 1/2 cup frozen or fresh celery chopped
  • 12 ounces frozen peas and carrots
  • 1 cup yellow onion chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic finely minced
  • 32 ounces low sodium chicken broth
  • 15.5 ounces unsalted cannellini beans rinsed and drained
  • 8 ounces potato gnocchi
  • 2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons dried thyme
  • 2 leaves bay
  • 2 teaspoons dried parsley
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 3/4 teaspoons black pepper
Servings: 1 cup servings
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  1. Begin with a clean prep area and poached chicken breasts, cooled and shredded. Set chicken aside on plate.
  2. In a large stock pot or Dutch oven over medium high heat, add olive oil to heat. Stir in chopped yellow onion, then add chopped frozen celery and frozen peas and carrots into the pot, and saute until they begin to soften (around 3-4 minutes).
  3. Add thyme, bay leaves, parsley, salt and pepper in with vegetable mixture, stirring to coat. Continue sauteing an additional 2 minutes.
  4. Add minced garlic cloves and sauté an additional 30 seconds, stirring carefully to make sure the garlic doesn’t burn.
  5. Add poached shredded chicken into the pot with vegetable and seasoning mixture. Pour in chicken broth, and stir well.
  6. Bring soup mixture to a low boil; reduce heat and simmer on low heat for 15-20 minutes to let flavors combine.
  7. While soup is simmering, add drained and rinsed cannellini beans into a high speed blender with 1 cup of water. Blend until well pureed.
  8. In the last 5 minutes of cooking time, add cannellini bean puree into soup mixture, stirring to combine well.
  9. Stir potato gnocchi into pot, and continue cooking until gnocchi dumplings float to the top. Serve hot, and enjoy!
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Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: 400, Chicken, gnocchi, potato, protein, soup

Sorghum Fried Rice

February 11, 2021 by Dinner Tonight

Sorghum is a whole grain high in protein and antioxidants. It truly is the “star” of this recipe.  Enjoy the sorghum fried rice as a 1 skillet meal or with your favorite chicken, beef, or shrimp.


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Ingredients
  • 2 cups sorghum grain cooked**
  • 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1/2 cup onion chopped
  • 1 cup frozen peas and carrots thawed
  • 2 eggs lightly beaten
  • 2 Tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
  • 1/2 cup green onion tops chopped
Servings: 1/2 cup servings
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  1. Heat large skillet or wok to medium heat and pour sesame oil. Add onion and thawed peas and carrots, fry until tender.
  2. Slide the vegetables to one side of the skillet and pour the beaten eggs on the other. Use a spatula to scramble and cook eggs. Once eggs are cooked, combine with vegetables.
  3. Add and stir in the cooked sorghum grain to the skillet. Pour soy sauce over evenly and stir until well heated. Top mixture with green onion.
  4. **use cold sorghum grain to prevent mushy texture.
  5. -Prepare grain the day before or defrost grain stored in the freezer.
Recipe Notes

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: dinner, fried rice, lunch, main dish, sorghum

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