Easy and healthy meals to feed your family FAST!

Name: Easy and healthy meals to feed your family FAST!
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 12 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 2 Eggs; 1 cup Frozen Peas; 1 Scallion; 2 cups Cooked Rice; 1 ½ tbsp Light Soy Sauce; ¼ tsp Salt; 1 tsp Sesame Oil; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 cup Canned Sweet Corn; 200 g Pasta; 100 g Bacon; 2 Cloves Garlic; 1 tsp Olive Oil; 1 cup Pasta cooking water; Black pepper and salt to taste; ¼ cup Parmigiano Reggiano

AuthorYun Zhang JohnCategoryNoodles, RiceDifficultyBeginnerRating

Yields3 Servings

Prep Time2 minsCook Time10 minsTotal Time12 mins

Easy and healthy meals to feed your family FAST!

I don’t know about you but I have to feed my family All. Day. Long. 3 meals a day, plus snacks… times 7 days a week times 52 weeks a year…equals A LOT! And if you have kids, you know that when they want to eat…they want to eat….NOW!

Throw in a couple of picky eaters and you’ve really got your work cut out for you.

That’s why I have some goto recipes that gets fresh, good food into their mouths fast. They have few things in common:

- Require only a few ingredients that I always have on hand.
- 10 minutes or less from prep to table
- Yummy and balance meals that I feel good serving to my kids

Easy Peasy Egg Fried Rice

You don’t have to use peas…I often use shredded cabbage or even omit the veg altogether. But I always have frozen peas on hand and it’s a great way to add more nutrition and fibre into an otherwise plain egg fried rice dish. Eaten together, you’ve got complimenting flavours and textures and a fully balanced meal.

Sweet corn and bacon pasta

Who doesn’t like corn and bacon? Separately, they are great…but together they are surprisingly better! The sweetness from the corn contrasts so well with the saltiness of the bacon. And the addition of garlic brings a subtle complexity.

However, the real secret that pulls this dish together is the cooking the semi cooked pasta with some pasta water and a sprinkle of Parmigiano Reggiano. It creates a light sauce that coats each pasta with all the flavours in the pan.

This seemingly simple looking pasta dish will satisfy both young and old.

You Will Need

Easy Peasy Egg Fried Rice

2 Eggs

1 cup Frozen Peas

1 Scallion

2 cups Cooked Rice

1 ½ tbsp Light Soy Sauce

¼ tsp Salt

1 tsp Sesame Oil

2 tbsp Vegetable Oil

Sweet Corn & Bacon Pasta

1 cup Canned Sweet Corn

200 g Pasta

100 g Bacon

2 Cloves Garlic

1 tsp Olive Oil

1 cup Pasta cooking water*No need to use it all

Black pepper and salt to taste

¼ cup Parmigiano ReggianoOr any hard cheese that you like

Instructions

Fried Rice

Crack 2 eggs into a bowl, add salt and whisk to beat.

Add 1 tbsp of oil to a pan and scramble the eggs. Remove and set aside.

To the same pan, add another tbsp of oil and add in the frozen peas. Cook over medium high heat for a couple of minutes.

Add in cooked rice and stir fry to combine. Then add soy sauce and mix again.

Put the scrambled eggs with the rice and peas, mix it and break the eggs into small pieces with the spoon as you stir fry.

Add in sesame oil and scallions, mix and it's ready to serve.

Sweet Corn & Bacon Pasta

Cut bacon into small pieces. Slice garlic cloves thinly.

Add olive oil into a pan over medium high heat. Toss in the bacon and fry for a minute of so. Then toss in the slice garlic and fry until the bacon and garlic are crispy.

Add the sweet corn to the pan and mix to combine. Let everything cook together for a couple of minutes over medium heat. Then remove from heat.

Salt pasta water and cook until pasta is 80% done. Remove 1 cup of the water and drain the pasta.

Toss the pasta in to the pan with the corn and bacon. Mix together over medium heat and gradually add in small amounts of the pasta water. Ground in black pepper and grate in Parmigiano Reggiano or any hard cheese that you like. Cooking while stirring for a minute or 2 and it's ready to serve.

Ingredients

Easy Peasy Egg Fried Rice

2 Eggs

1 cup Frozen Peas

1 Scallion

2 cups Cooked Rice

1 ½ tbsp Light Soy Sauce

¼ tsp Salt

1 tsp Sesame Oil

2 tbsp Vegetable Oil

Sweet Corn & Bacon Pasta

1 cup Canned Sweet Corn

200 g Pasta

100 g Bacon

2 Cloves Garlic

1 tsp Olive Oil

1 cup Pasta cooking water*No need to use it all

Black pepper and salt to taste

¼ cup Parmigiano ReggianoOr any hard cheese that you like

Directions

Fried Rice

Crack 2 eggs into a bowl, add salt and whisk to beat.

Add 1 tbsp of oil to a pan and scramble the eggs. Remove and set aside.

To the same pan, add another tbsp of oil and add in the frozen peas. Cook over medium high heat for a couple of minutes.

Add in cooked rice and stir fry to combine. Then add soy sauce and mix again.

Put the scrambled eggs with the rice and peas, mix it and break the eggs into small pieces with the spoon as you stir fry.

Add in sesame oil and scallions, mix and it's ready to serve.

Sweet Corn & Bacon Pasta

Cut bacon into small pieces. Slice garlic cloves thinly.

Add olive oil into a pan over medium high heat. Toss in the bacon and fry for a minute of so. Then toss in the slice garlic and fry until the bacon and garlic are crispy.

Add the sweet corn to the pan and mix to combine. Let everything cook together for a couple of minutes over medium heat. Then remove from heat.

Salt pasta water and cook until pasta is 80% done. Remove 1 cup of the water and drain the pasta.

Easy and healthy meals to feed your family FAST!

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