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The last couple days I have been feeling a bit like I am getting a cold. I also haven’t been sleeping well, for no particular reason.

Last night my parents were at a Christmas party so I was on my own for dinner. I really didn’t feel like making anything. I was planning on just picking up something like soup and a sandwich from Tim Hortens. However, my boyfriend convinced me that I shouldn’t be going out when I don’t feel well. Consequently I ended up making myself something at home. I rummaged around the kitchen trying to decide what to make, and finally concluded that I would make rice.

I like rice, but I am particular in the way it is made. The rice I grew up with was always very mushy and moist. That is not the type of rice I like. My boyfriend introduced me to real rice! Aside from rice I have had at Asian restaurant’s, my boyfriend makes the best rice I have ever had! He uses a rice cooker, and doesn’t make any precise measurements when cooking it. His rice is not moist at all. It is soft, and almost crunchy. He usually makes it into fried rice. He has made it for me in a few different forms, but my favorite  is the fried rice he makes with eggs.

To make my rice I used my rice cooker. It turned out well but could have been a tiny bit less moist (still it was miles less moist then my parents rice).

To go with my rice I made a very random stir fry, with sauce. This was my first time ever making any kind of stir fry. I went out on a limb and made the whole thing with out a recipe ( I was inspired by myovenhatesme’s recent post on her rice dinner).

My stir fry turned out to be fabulous! I used only the ingredients that were in the house.  It seemed very random and risky to just added random amounts of ingredients but it turned out well, so it was a worthwhile experiment. Here is my recipe.

Honey Garlic Stir Fry

4 cups water
2 cups uncooked rice

soya sauce
honey garlic BBQ sauce
organic ketchup
a couple dashes Tabasco sauce
a few shakes Worcestershire sauce
2-3 tbsp maple syrup
1/8 cup water (aprox)
several shakes garlic powder
salt
ground black pepper
basil
parsley
½ medium sized package extra lean ground beef
3-4 carrots
cauliflower
red pepper
2 Stalks celery
2 white onions
1 garlic clove

Cook rice with water. Set aside. Prepare all vegetables. Brown ground beef. Add the onions and garlic clove. Season with spices and herbs. Cook until the onions are tender. Add the rest of the vegetables, and cook for several minutes. In a bowl add the soya sauce, bbq sauce, ketchup, Tabasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce, maple syrup, water and garlic powder. Stir. Add the sauce to the vegetables and cook for 10-15 minutes. Serve over hot rice.