Fruity Fried Rice by Nan Lau

Ingredients:
-2 cups overnight rice (use slightly less water than usual, during the frying process, stock will be added, unless you prefer softer rice)
-100g minced meat
-long green beans(approx 100g,chopped)
-2 carrots, peeled and cubed
-1 cob of corn (use a knife to scrape the kernels)
Alternatively, can also opt for 1 cup of frozen mixed vege, cut down on preparation time
-4 organic sun-dried apricots, handful of organic goji berries, handful of organic dried cherries (soak in stock to plump them up, then cut roughly)
-approx 100ml stock
-3 cloves of garlic, 1 tbsp VCO

Method:
1. Fry garlic,add in minced meat. Once meat change colour ,add in all the veggies.
2. Fry until veggies are fragrant, add in rice to fry .Add in mixed dried fruits and stock.
3. Fry until it is ready to serve.Once ready, you can also choose to put in a casserole dish, add shredded cheese on top and make into cheese baked rice. Or,if its too bland for you and kids, can also add some tomato sauce to fry.

Picture shows fruity fried rice served with fried omelette with long beans, mixed fruits yoghurt and 2 jingle-bell pieces of bought bak kwa