Thank-you to Minute® Ready to Serve Rice for sponsoring today’s discussion.
While I enjoyed the freedom of having the kids home from school for the past two weeks for the holiday break, I’m ready to get us back on a schedule. Snacking and meals have been anything but routine for the past week as we’ve had no school/sports/work to go to, we have pretty much gone to bed whenever we wanted and woke up whenever we wanted. As the new year begins, I have started a list of recipes for the month, I have found that meal planning helps tremendously and leads us to make better choices and to eat out less. While some recipes are more complex and can take a couple hours, there are also a number of quick and easy recipes as most days are filled with school, activities, and sports.
For me, breakfast is the hardest meal. Morning time is always a big rush, and by the time I get the kids and dogs ready in the morning, it’s time to head to the bus stop, get Trevor off to preschool, or get to a meeting. Most days I just skip breakfast, and head out of the house with a coffee in my hand, but this year I’m making sure I get a full stomach before I start my day. While Jonathan and Trevor are completely happy with oatmeal, cereal, yogurt & fruit, or re-heated waffles and pancakes, I prefer eggs or wraps. I usually grab whatever veggies are in the fridge and mix them with eggs, but this past week I decided to add in Minute® Ready to Serve Rice.
While we often enjoy Minute® Rice at dinner time, I have never thought to add it to my breakfast as I don’t have the time in the morning to have it cook stove top. With Minute® Ready to Serve Rice you can have warm rice ready in just 60 seconds. Add a few more minutes to scramble eggs, and dice up fresh vegetables and in less than five minute you’ll have yourself an simple and easy breakfast. The Minute® Ready to Serve Rice comes packaged in two individual single-serve cups which helps with portion control. Since I’m trying to work on portion control and not over-eating, the single serve packaging is convenient.
Breakfast Bowl:
Ingredients:
- Minute® Ready to Serve Rice
- Scrambled egg
- Diced red onion
- Diced Avocado
- 1 spoonful of Salsa
*or substitute for any fresh vegetable on hand.
Directions:
- Heat up Minute® Ready to Serve Rice for 60 seconds in the microwave. There’s no need to add any water, just take off the top wrapper and place in microwave.
- Empty rice into bowl and top with eggs, onion, avocado, salsa.
Warm breakfast in just a few minutes! Need breakfast for on the go? Serve it in a wrap instead of a bowl.
Minute® Ready to Serve Rice Varieties include:
- Whole Grain options of Brown Rice: Brown & Wild Rice and Multi-Grain Medley
- Jasmine Rice
- White Rice
- Chicken Rice Mix
- Yellow Rice Mix
- Fried Rice Mix
- Minute Ready to Serve Black Beans & Rice
Minute® Ready to Serve Rice: Mix in a few ingredients for a simple solution to mealtime at the workplace or at home.
To learn more about the different varieties of Minute® Ready to Serve Rice, and to gets stir-in-ideas for quick and easy meals and snacks visit the Minute Rice website.
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Minute® Ready to Serve Rice.
