1st Recipe Review - Spring Green Fried Rice

As some of you know, I LOVE to cook, and I LOOOOOOOVE to eat even more.  Sometimes those two loves go hand in hand, and other times, notsomuch.   I have to admit, I'm not really one who is good at looking at a pile of ingredients and making it into a delicious, mouth watering meal.  But, my Mama taught me how to follow directions, and I'm pretty good at that. So for me recipes are fairly easy, I mean I just have to follow the directions, and how hard is that?  Plus, I also have the gift of not being intimidated by anything culinary, even when I should be.

The recipe below, however, turned out pretty decent. I often get my recipes off of the usual internet sites (Food Network, Epicurious, Pinterest (yes, even Pinterest), etc), but I also like to try the ones I find in my magazines.  One of my fave sources is Better Homes and Gardens.  Every issue, they feature a recipe from Recipe.com, that promises a quick, fresh, delicious and cheap meal for a family (usually 4 servings) - they even break down the cost per serving and the nutrition information. BONUS!

Well, Chris and I were sitting around this Sunday, deciding what we wanted for dinner.  I started flipping through my mags, and I came across this little gem, Spring Green Fried Rice.

Now, I like all the ingredients on their own, but I've never been a huge fan of fried rice.  Chris on the other hand really likes it.  So we thought we'd give it a shot - it was healthy, around 250 calories per serving; it was cheap, around 62 cents a serving (awesome, right?!); and it seemed reasonable enough to try for an easy meal.  And, as it turned out, it really was pretty good!  Not really an elegant or pretty looking dish - but that could be the cook and not the recipe. Cuz the magazine seemed to make it look pretty good. 

The recipe has you chop the garlic and ginger fresh, I cheated on the garlic, but the rest I stayed true to the recipe.

The eggs I have to admit did not look all that appetizing on their own...

But the cabbage and peas were pretty and colorful.

And once you add the rice, eggs and green onion, it actually starts to look like fried rice!

We bumped up the protein factor by adding grilled chicken to round it out to a full meal for us.  And, just to let you know, it is just as delicious the next day as leftovers.

So I'd give this recipe a B+, definitely one to keep as a go-to easy peesy cheap meal, but not dinner party worthy.  But that's just my opinion. :)