Egg Fried Rice

Another old post...
 The only thing I change now for this one is to use GF Soy Sauce/Tamari. Easy enough.

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As per requested...

Okay not really.

I mean it was requested but I don't really have a recipe. I keep rice cooked all the time. Jasmine Rice, Sushi Rice, Basmati Rice - whatever I'm currently in the mood for. Right now it's sushi rice.

Rice is the safest food on the planet for me and my digestive system so I like to keep it around all the time. I don't have it with every single meal but... pretty dang close!

Anyway - sometimes I turn it into fried rice but since for an IBSer anything high in fat is a no-no fried rice could be a bad thing. So here's what I do.

There are no measurements - sorry.

Ingredients:

• Cooking Spray (I use butter flavored)
• Cold Rice
• Soy Sauce
• Onion Powder
• Egg Whites (remember that two egg whites equal one whole egg)
• Salt
• Pepper
• a little bit of veggies - normally I try to include something that involves insoluble fiber since it'll be all wrapped up in the soluble fiber of the rice - peas, green beans, carrots

I heat the pan on medium high heat. Spray it with cooking spray fairly thickly (not like an inch of anything - just more than a passing spray), add cold rice, stir with spatula gently until rice warms and starts to break up, add soy sauce to taste, sprinkle with onion powder, and pepper - add the veggies you want at this point too if they're frozen or fresh.

When that mixture is to the taste you'd like - push it out in a circle and make a big hole in the center of the pan. Drop your egg whites in the middle, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Scramble. Just as the eggs are done stir them in with the rice. If you have warm/cooked/canned veggies to add do it now.

Done. Low Fat Egg Fried Rice.

*Sometimes I chop up a few pieces of turkey bacon and fry that first in the pan. Bacon Fried Rice. Sometimes I might pound a chicken breast really thin, season it with something, pan fry it with cooking spray really quickly then chop it up and add to the fried rice. Chicken Fried Rice.

After you do it a couple times the amount of seasoning becomes rather second nature.

Oh - and I really think this is the best with Sushi rice that's been cooked just right. But of course that's the one I'm in the mood for at the moment...

Meatloaf

This is a post I wrote a long time ago before I knew I shouldn't have all corn or no gluten/wheat.

Years and years ago Drew wanted me to make meatloaf. I'd never done it and I only had a few cookbooks at the time. One of them was this Campbell's book that had a "Best Ever Meatloaf" recipe in it. So I made it, it was a simple recipe and as it turns out it was SO GOOD. I've never even bothered to try another meatloaf recipe.

But now I have IBS and I can't have a million different things. A few days ago I decided I'd try making an IBS friendly meatloaf - a version of the Campbell's one we know and love.

The Original (should you be so inclined...)

• 1 can condensed Tomato Soup
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 pouch Dry Onion Soup Mix
• 1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup water

My IBS Version/Wheat free/Corn free

• 1 can condensed Tomato Soup (no hfcs! if you can't find that get some canned tomatoes, puree them and simmer until the right thickness - go from there - I'd guess about 1.5 cups worth)
• 2 lbs ground turkey
• 4 tsp beef bullion or veggie bullion (make sure it's safe)
• 8 tsp onion flakes
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 cup dry bread crumbs (preferably with no dairy)
• 2 egg whites or 3 TB egg whites (from a carton)

1. In a large bowl, mix 1/2 cup of tomato soup, meat, spices/bullion, bread crumbs, egg. Shape into a loaf and put into a loaf pan.
2. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours. Spoon off or drain fat, reserving 1 - 2 TBSP.
3. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine remaining tomato soup, water, reserved drippings. Heat through, stirring occasionally. You can just serve this with the meatloaf or I just slice the meatloaf in the pan and then dump it all over the top of it.

Drew says the new version is better then the original. I say both are delicious. Just different with the turkey. I think I like the texture better with the turkey.