I have about 10 minutes for this post before I make a dash to the kitchen to dish out yet another quickie dinner in under an hour before the final school run of the day.
Every evening is a mad rush in the kitchen and then to school. Traffic is horrendous whenever it rains. Yesterday was such a day. Back home, Drama Queen and I had 10 minutes to eat dinner before rushing off to the next destination ~ BM tuition.
The girls ordered baked cheese fried rice yesterday, which is something that’s so easy and fast to prep. This is one for busy weeknights, lazy weekends and every other day in between. When it’s this easy peasy to make something so lip smackingly good with ingredients that are basic kitchen essentials, frozen meals and home delivery aren’t even a passing thought. No matter how nuts your household is at dinner time (like mine!), no matter how tired you are (me too), no matter how irritating and incompetent your boss or spouse is, how bad the traffic jam home was, how miserable the weather is (like yesterday’s super wet evening) – you got this and your kids to praise you sky high💪🏻
You can fry the rice with whatever ingredients that you fancy. I fried the rice with lots of chopped garlic and onions, added broccoli and julienned carrots and 5 eggs to it.
Once the rice is fried, add in cheese and mix well. Then transfer the fried rice onto a baking dish or disposable aluminum baking dish. Top up with more cheese and some cherry tomatoes.
Bear in mind that the cherry tomatoes have high water content, thus your fried rice will be wet / soggy. So if you have the time, bake the cherry tomatoes in the oven till they are partially dried. Or cook your rice with lesser water. Or omit them if you don’t like soggy rice.
I’ve exceeded my time on this post by 10 minutes and I really have to go now! Happy cooking!
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