Fallback Fried Rice

Some mornings, I give Christopher a choice of what he'd like for lunch. It's usually a choice between fried rice and a pb&j -- the quick and easy food to prepare. He always picks fried rice!

One week, he asked for fried rice every day! That's when I altering my recipe for Christopher's fried rice.

Now, my fall back fried rice has: 2 shrimp, 1 1/2 eggs (I use one whole egg and the whites of another), steamed broccoli (usually left over from the night before), about 2 spoons of rice, a spoonful of soysauce and about 1/2 spoonful of sesame oil.  Take me less than 5 minutes to prepare!

Once, I added some carrots. He likes carrots with ranch dressing so I thought he might enjoy a little variety of color and veggies. He came home and said to me, "Don't put carrots in my fried rice anymore." When I asked why, he said he likes it just shrimp, egg and broccoli. And then he added, "You don't have to put broccoli either." Yeah, right.  That's almost the whole point!

Anyways, in schools now, all the kids have these thermoses that keep the food warm. I think part of his enjoyment of fried rice is opening the thermos up at lunchtime and smelling the yummy food that's still warm. It does smell pretty darn good.