rice dinners

for my family of 5
I cook mine most of the time with
tomatos(6) , garlic(1tb) and onion(half small) and 1 cup rice and water
1 cans broth, onion(half small), carrots(2) , peas(12 pods or 1/4 can), corn(1 cob or 1/4 can) 1 cup rice and water (my kids love this kind)
bake chicken

rice and beans is a favorite of mine!

you can try some sort of Asian flavored grilled
chicken(:

how would i make that? i've never made chicken before.. hahah kinda a newbie to cooking for myself.

Really easy

Cook your rice before hand. Set aside.
Take a chicken breast and dice it up raw. Next heat a pan up on the stove.
Before adding the chicken to the pan, mix up something to flavor it with in a small bowl. I would use some fresh ginger, soy sauce, crushed red pepper, garlic, and hoisin with a teensy bit of honey.
Add flavor to heated pan for a few seconds then add the chicken. Cook until it is not longer pink in the middle. ETA: Make sure you stir the chicken around in the sauce so that it gets coated evenly. Also, use medium heat. The sauce will burn if you cook it at a higher temp, and it will taste gross.
Next, add a bag of frozen stir fry vegetable mix.
Once the veggies are thawed and tender, you're meal is ready.
Serve with rice

Also: if you want to make this a little sweeter, try adding a 1/4 c of diced pineapple when you add the stir fry veggies.

rice and beans is a favorite of mine!

what kind of beans do you use?

I use all! Chickpeas, black eye peas, black beans, white beans

Here are some AMAZING and easy rice and bean dishes
http://www.nomeatathlete.com/rice-and-beans/

Sometimes I'll cook it in chicken broth with a bit of lemon and serve it with Lemon tarragon chicken breast (which is just chicken poached in chicken broth, lemon juice, and fresh tarragon). That's a nice one.

Or just make a stir fry with whatever veggies look good at the farmer's market--just pick variety of colors textures and cut roughly the same size so they'll all cook evenly. You can add lean chicken, pork, or beef. I usually add ginger or garlic but if you like things spicy some hot peppers are good, too.

Or make a chicken soup and add the rice. (that's more for fall when it's cooler and soup is a great option. filling and warming and generally low in cals...you can add whatever veggies you like and however much chicken.

Cheesy eggs-n-rice! Heat a medium pan and combine 1/4 cup cooked brown rice, 1 cup cooked broccoli and 3 tsp sweet chili sauce. Simmer and stir for 2-3 minutes. Add 6 egg whites and cook thoroughly. Layer with 1 ounce Colby Jack cheese. Allow cheese to melt and enjoy! Huge 2 cup bowl for a mere 300 calories and 35 grams of protein!





*ugh* I'm so bad at resizing photos, but you get the idea lol

Rice, scrambled eggs or scrambled tofu (tofu is best if it's marinated in soya sauce), veggies (corn and peas and carrots are my favourites), and soya sauce. Yum, my favourite. Add some spices too - salt, pepper, lemon pepper.
My boyfriend loves adding tumeric to rice but it's not my favourite kind.

Make a stir fry--over rice, instead of noodles.

Cook some chicken, or beef in a pan with some Worchestershire sauce and then add a variety of veggies and put it over the rice. I love stir fry and that's how I make it, over rice without noodles. It's low calorie too