Blog Nostalgia

I have day off from my internship at Women's Elevation Magazine today, so I am updating both my business blog, Simply Ari and of course I have to write to you my dear foodies!!! I have a long to do list to complete by the end of the day, and although I am working on it, I thought it would be a good idea to retreat to my kitchen and cook myself lunch. Nothing fancy, an individual Red Baron deep dish pizza, and chicken and broccoli rice from a bag... college cuisine. I guess old habits die hard.  After cooking I put in an old favorite, Julie and Julia. I still love this movie and it brought back so many memories about why I started this blog in the first place...because I love to cook.

These are just random thoughts for you.

Savor and Spice Rice

Hello Hello Hello!!!

I have missed writing on this blog so much! I'm sorry that I have been MIA. Things have been so crazy with me. I graduated from college in May, then started wosking on music with my sisters, applying for graduate school programs and jobs all at the same time, so I've been kind of in a crazy head space. But I am back!!!

As I have mentioned before, when I get overwhelmed with life, my favorite place to retreat is my kitchen. Why? Mainly because there is no rush and everything is exact. It's such a peaceful place to be. It's a place where I can create and relax.

Last week was super hectic because my little sister was going to her homecoming and she wanted every part of the experience to be shared with my mom, our big sister and me. So we were super busy  trying to make that night for her as memorable as possible. After that though, the whole family including our dad needed a break. My family retreated to the bed, but I retreated to the kitchen.

I want to share a super simple but really yummy meal with you all. My family and I eat a lot of rice. It is our starch of choice LOL and rice goes well with just about everything.

I call this recipe: Savor and Spice Rice

Ingredients

1. 2 cups of Jasmine Rice
2. 2 eggs
3. 1/2 of l small onion (chopped)
4. 1/2 tsp of season salt
5. 1/2 tsp of garlic salt
6. 1/2 tsp of black pepper
7. 1/2 of 1 small chopped green pepper and red pepper
8. Siracha to taste
9. 3 tbs of teriyaki sauce
10. 2 tbs of grape seed oil

How to make:

In a rice cooker, pour three cups of water and pour in 2 cups of Jasmine rice and let that cook. Chop the peppers and onions and on medium low heat, sauté the vegetables in the grape seed oil. Once the onions are semi-translucent and the peppers are tender, crack and lightly scramble the eggs adding to the mix the salt, pepper and teriyaki sauce.  When the rice is ready, place two scoops in a bowl and add the egg mixture. Drizzle some of the Siracha sauce over top for spice and mix to taste.