Carribean Fried Rice

Caribbean Fried Rice

Using pungent Caribbean-style spices in your cooking will help to achieve a good metabolism and a healthy appetite. My Caribbean Fried Rice is light and satisfying with loads of stimulating spices and nourishing greens. You can use any vegetables you have in your fridge and make it to your own liking.

Serve: 4

=R1=

Caribbean Fried Rice

By: Lee Holmes

Using pungent Caribbean-style spices in your cooking will help to achieve a good metabolism and a healthy appetite. Give this a go tonight.


Servings

Prep time

Cook time

Recipe


Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil or coconut oil
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 4 cups vegies, chopped into small pieces (I used 1 small sweet potato, 1 parsnip,
2 carrots, 1 medium butternut pumpkin, 1 cup frozen peas, handful leafy greens; spinach, kale, bok choy)
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • 4 eggs, beaten
  • 4 cups cooked brown rice
  • 1 tsp chives
  • 2 tbsp tamari
  • Sea salt & pepper

Method


  • Heat oil in large wok or frypan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring, for 5–6 mins.
  • Add vegetables and spices and stir regularly for 10–15 mins until vegetables are cooked through.
  • Pour over beaten eggs and mix through, waiting for eggs to set.
  • Turn off heat, then toss through rice, chives, tamari and salt and pepper, stirring until well combined.

  

Tried this recipe? Mention @wellbeing_magazine or tag #wbrecipe!

Lee Holmes

Lee Holmes

Lee Holmes is a nutritionist, yoga and meditation teacher, wholefoods chef, Lifestyle Food Channel’s Healthy Eating Expert, blogger and author of the best-selling books Supercharged Food: Eat Your Way to Health, Supercharged Food: Eat Yourself Beautiful, Eat Clean, Green and Vegetarian, Heal your Gut, Eat Right for Your Shape and Supercharged Food for Kids.

Lee’s food philosophy is all about S.O.L.E. food: sustainable, organic, local and ethical. Her main goal is to alter the perception that cooking fresh, wholesome, nutrient-rich meals is difficult, complicated and time-consuming. From posting recipes, her passion to share her autoimmune disease story and help others has snowballed and the blog has recently taken home the overall prize at the Bupa Health Influencer Awards as well as the best blog in the Healthy Eating category. She also runs a four-week online Heal Your Gut program.

You May Also Like

Wellbeing & Eatwell Cover Image 1001x667 (80)

Capsicum Stuffed with Quinoa & Sheep’s Feta

Wellbeing & Eatwell Cover Image 1001x667 (79)

Jollof Rice

Wellbeing & Eatwell Cover Image 1001x667 (78)

Zucchini Tart with Whipped Feta & Lemon

Wellbeing & Eatwell Cover Image 1001x667 (77)

Whipped Feta with Roasted Olives