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    Posts: 1,564 Member
    edited March 6 in Recipes
    Always double this recipe......family loves this

    Healthy Fried Rice
    Servings: 6
    Serving Size: 3/4 cup
    Nutritional Information: 128.7 calories, 3.7g of fat, 15.9g of carbohydrates, 1.5g of fiber, 3.5g of protein
    Weight Watchers® PointsPlus®: 3 *

    Ingredients

    2 cups cooked, cold brown rice
    2 tsp vegetable or safflower oil, divided
    1 tsp sesame oil
    1 egg
    1 egg white
    5 scallions, chopped
    1/2 head green cabbage, shredded
    1 large carrot, grated
    4 cloves garlic, minced
    1-inch piece ginger, minced
    2 tbsp soy sauce
    Instructions

    Heat your pan over medium high heat. Whisk together the egg and egg white and season with salt and pepper. Add 1 tsp of vegetable oil to the pan. Add the eggs and cook until just scrambled. Remove from pan and set aside.
    Add the remaining vegetable oil and sesame oil to the hot pan. Add the scallions, cabbage, carrot, garlic, ginger, and any other veggies you like. Cook for 1-2 minutes until they just begin to soften.
    Add the rice and cook for 2-4 more minutes, stirring constantly, until the rice begins to crisp up.
    Add the soy sauce and egg. Stir together and cook for 1 more minute.

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    • Posts: 3,556 Member
      What makes this healthier than normal fried rice?
    • Posts: 1,564 Member
      What makes this healthier than normal fried rice?

      If you look at the recipe it calls for brown rice, instead of white.....
    • Posts: 3,556 Member
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      If you look at the recipe it calls for brown rice, instead of white.....

      So what makes brown rice better than white rice?
    • Posts: 9,003 Member
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      If you look at the recipe it calls for brown rice, instead of white.....

      Brown rice isn't any healthier than white.
    • Posts: 5,481 Member
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      Brown rice isn't any healthier than white.

      +1
    • Posts: 446 Member
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      +1

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    • Posts: 1,564 Member
      This is what my nutritionist told me and this is what I also discovered......

      http://www.vegkitchen.com/tips/10-reasons-why-brown-rice-is-the-healthy-choice/


      Also there is less oil in this recipe.... Don't shoot the messenger, I was trying to give a alternative to higher calorie alternatives....
    • Posts: 14,517 Member
      I like to make my own fried rice too.....you can control the oil & soy sauce. Sesame oil...yum.

      Birdseye makes frozen Steamfresh bags of rice blends.....I like to use the Brown & Wild Rice with Broccoli & Carrots one.....add some diced chicken (or shrimp).....yum.
    • Posts: 118 Member
      No difference in calories. BUT brown rice has lower glycemic index (per Harvard School of Public Health) so is slower to raise blood glucose levels. This may not matter to everyone, especially if you only eat rice occasionally anyway, but for some people that's a very important difference.
    • Posts: 1,564 Member
      No difference in calories. BUT brown rice has lower glycemic index (per Harvard School of Public Health) so is slower to raise blood glucose levels. This may not matter to everyone, especially if you only eat rice occasionally anyway, but for some people that's a very important difference.

      That's me..
    • Posts: 6,592 Member
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      So what makes brown rice better than white rice?
      Personally, it's a toss up for me. Brown rice has less calories than white rice, by volume, but it also has more fat and fiber, so less net carbs. It has less of a glycemic impact and is considered a whole grain, which are both pluses. But it's also a lot more chewy and I don't know that I'd like its texture as a fried rice.

      Otherwise, the combination of ingredients look like a good recipe, but I'd need to add some chicken or pork or my husband would turn up his nose if I served it as anything other than a side dish. :)
    • Posts: 735 Member
      Thank you for the recipe! We make a similar fried rice, but I have never thought to put cabbage in it. YUM! Sounds great!
    • Posts: 15,228 Member
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      That's me..

      So why not call it "Low-GI" Fried Rice, instead of "healthy?" Inserting the subjective term "healthy" implies that this fried rice is somehow superior to its white rice counterpart.
    • Posts: 3,556 Member
      This is what my nutritionist told me and this is what I also discovered......

      http://www.vegkitchen.com/tips/10-reasons-why-brown-rice-is-the-healthy-choice/


      Also there is less oil in this recipe.... Don't shoot the messenger, I was trying to give a alternative to higher calorie alternatives....

      No one is shooting anyone. But you claimed it's the healthy version so I'm trying to find out how this change makes it healthier. Yes making your own of course you can limit the oil but oil isn't unhealthy either.

      Since you went with a blog, I'll put one out too that covers this pretty well

      http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/brown-rice-vs-white-rice/
    • Posts: 1,564 Member
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      So why not call it "Low-GI" Fried Rice, instead of "healthy?" Inserting the subjective term "healthy" implies that this fried rice is somehow superior to its white rice counterpart.


      Really... Why dont you ask the website www.slenderkitchen Where this recipe came from... If this recipe isn't for you, I totally understand , but wanted to share something that I had tried and liked... All done.........
    • Posts: 2,850 Member
      This does sound decent... But my brother uses Jasmine rice for fried rice and it's AMAZING. So, I'll stick with that. lol
    • Posts: 837 Member
      LOL wow, all these people hopping on the shoot-the-messenger train. What's healthy or not healthy to you may not apply to everyone. If this recipe doesn't apply to you, simply move past it and move on. Your "2 cents" is unneeded as your health requirements don't apply to it. It works for the OP and they wanted to share it, simple as that, so don't turn it into something it's not.

      Thanks for the recipe OP. :)
    • Posts: 13,049 Member
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      Really... Why dont you ask the website www.slenderkitchen Where this recipe came from... If this recipe isn't for you, I totally understand , but wanted to share something that I had tried and liked... All done.........

      Meanwhile at slenderkitchen.com

      Healthy Pumpkin Recipes
      * Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
      * Paleo Pumpkin Pancakes
      * Pumpkin Beer Bread with Pumpkin Maple Cream Cheese

      *Nods head in approval.
    • Posts: 1,564 Member
      LOL wow, all these people hopping on the shoot-the-messenger train. What's healthy or not healthy to you may not apply to everyone. If this recipe doesn't apply to you, simply move past it and move on. Your "2 cents" is unneeded as your health requirements don't apply to it. It works for the OP and they wanted to share it, simple as that, so don't turn it into something it's not.

      Thanks for the recipe OP. :)

      Thank you... That's what you get for trying.. Oh well..
    • Posts: 4,064 Member
      Sounds awesome! Thanks!
    • Posts: 2,850 Member
      LOL wow, all these people hopping on the shoot-the-messenger train. What's healthy or not healthy to you may not apply to everyone. If this recipe doesn't apply to you, simply move past it and move on. Your "2 cents" is unneeded as your health requirements don't apply to it. It works for the OP and they wanted to share it, simple as that, so don't turn it into something it's not.

      Thanks for the recipe OP. :)

      Lol... People were asking legitimate questions, not blasting the OP. Not once was anyone rude.
    • Posts: 1,179 Member
      Thanks for the recipe. We love fried rice. I hadn't thought about adding cabbage either, sounds like a good addition.
    • Posts: 3,556 Member
      LOL wow, all these people hopping on the shoot-the-messenger train. What's healthy or not healthy to you may not apply to everyone. If this recipe doesn't apply to you, simply move past it and move on. Your "2 cents" is unneeded as your health requirements don't apply to it. It works for the OP and they wanted to share it, simple as that, so don't turn it into something it's not.

      Thanks for the recipe OP. :)

      How is questioning a topic on an open forum to understand it shooting the messenger. No one is rude they are honest questions. If you read that link I put in up there, there are a few studies about brown rice vs white rice.
    • Posts: 15,228 Member
      LOL wow, all these people hopping on the shoot-the-messenger train. What's healthy or not healthy to you may not apply to everyone. If this recipe doesn't apply to you, simply move past it and move on. Your "2 cents" is unneeded as your health requirements don't apply to it. It works for the OP and they wanted to share it, simple as that, so don't turn it into something it's not.

      Thanks for the recipe OP. :)

      This is posted in a general forum. If this recipe isn't intended for a general audience, then shouldn't it be in a group forum?

      I'm not shooting the messenger. I'm just questioning the subjectiveness in the terminology.
    • Posts: 6,592 Member
      I think the problem is that people just throw around the term "healthy" as if it means something specific. What's "healthy" to you may not be "healthy" to a vegan, someone who eats Paleo, or a diabetic. Like the example with the "healthy" pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, which are by no means "healthy" to anyone but someone who is looking for an excuse to eat chocolate chip cookies and still feel good about herself.
    • Posts: 10,750 Member
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      Really... Why dont you ask the website www.slenderkitchen Where this recipe came from... If this recipe isn't for you, I totally understand , but wanted to share something that I had tried and liked... All done.........


      I'm more concerned that you tried to pass this recipe off as your own.

      If you copy something from a website please have the courtesy to say so and provide a link to the website, otherwise you're stealing content. :noway:
    • Posts: 5,481 Member
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      I'm more concerned that you tried to pass this recipe off as your own.

      If you copy something from a website please have the courtesy to say so and provide a link to the website, otherwise you're stealing content. :noway:

      Agree!!

      OP: That's a big NO NO!!!
    • Posts: 9,003 Member
      Like the example with the "healthy" pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, which are by no means "healthy" to anyone but someone who is looking for an excuse to eat chocolate chip cookies and still feel good about herself.

      Wrong. Chocolate chip cookies can be a part of anyone's diet in moderation.
    • Posts: 6,592 Member
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      Wrong. Chocolate chip cookies can be a part of anyone's diet in moderation.
      I didn't say there's anything wrong with chocolate chip cookies; I eat them occasionally. I said they weren't healthy. :smile: Making them with pumpkin doesn't change that.
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