I remember it like it was yesterday. It was middle school, I had braces, dreamed of someday being a concert musician, and was trying to fudge my way through French class with Mrs. Hales. During middle school, I felt like we had zero freedom with what classes we could take, so I was more than a little cranky when we were required to take a sewing & food class.
I suck at sewing. I will super glue things together to this day if I have to.
The food part of the class, though? It was like a dream come true for me. I'd already learned so much about cooking and food by watching my Mom in the kitchen growing up, so I felt like I totally had this class down pat. Well, our first dish to make in "foods" was a simple fried rice dish. I thought it was lame and easy at first, but it ended up tasting so good after a full morning of boring-as-death classes. I was immediately hooked. It probably didn't taste all that awesome back then, but getting to cook food and eat it for a grade in school - I was 100% in with this scene.
Fast forward many years later, when I'm in a pinch for dinner, and we have these ingredients on hand (especially leftover brown rice), guaranteed this dish is on our table for dinnertime. Adding chicken into the classic fried rice makes it a meal, for us, and we've never had problems polishing off our plates!
Read More »
Comments
Post a Comment