Chicken/noChicken Fried Rice

I love fried rice! It's about the only Chinese food I enjoy. So I tried my hand at it. Not a bad hand, if I do say so myself :)



Ingredients:
1.5 cups uncooked rice
2 carrots
1/2 cup sweet peas
6 eggs
3 tablespoon of oil
soy sauce-to taste
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoons sesame seeds
3 tablespoons margarine

Directions:
Cook rice according to package. Dice veggies and set aside. Scramble eggs on medium-high low heat in a frying pan or wok (we've decided the slower the eggs cook the more delicious they taste. Add a bit of salt and pepper. Remove cooked eggs to a separate bowl. Put oil in the hot pan and dump the cooked rice in. Turn the heat down to 2 or 3 and add eggs. Dump in soy sauce to taste. Rice will not be completely covered, but should turn brown when mixed. Add garlic powder, pepper and salt. Stir. Add veggies and sesame seeds. Stir again. Add margarine. Stir and taste. Adjust seasonings as needed. Let rice cook for another 5-10 minutes. For a fun twist, eat with chopsticks!

Note: we are big eaters in this house and this barely made enough for the three of us. Can't wait to see how much Cade eats when he's a teenager!!!