Trying to eat healthily can be time consuming, all that preparation and cooking from scratch. I love cooking but on the evenings where Daddy is off to do a night shift and needs to eat before he goes it can feel like you get home from work and don’t get out of the kitchen all evening! These are the days when being healthy becomes a bit of a struggle.

Tilda’s Steamed Basmati Rice takes just 2 minutes in the microwave or 3-4 in a pan to create perfect fluffy rice and the portioned controlled packs mean you don’t eat more than the recommended amount. New to the Tilda range is White and Brown Basmati, giving you all the benefits of the fibre rich low fat brown rice but mixed with white to make it more appealing for the less adventurous in the family!

With the rice only taking minutes to prepare you can knock up a filling stir-fry in no time at all. We adapted this recipe for fried rice by switching the chicken for turkey (that’s what we had!) and the pineapple and sweetcorn for mushrooms and peppers (because my husband ‘doesn’t like pineapple’).

TILDA SPECIAL FRIED-RICE

Serves 4 small portions or 2 adult portions

1 pack of Tilda Steamed Basmati Egg Fried Rice
2 chicken breasts, skinless
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp runny honey
1 tbsp sunflower or vegetable oil
4 spring onions (thin ones are best)
150g green beans, tenderstem broccoli or asparagus
75g sweetcorn
100g pineapple, chopped (fresh or tinned in fruit juice and drained)

  • Thinly slice the chicken breast, place in a bowl and stir in the soy sauce and honey. Leave to one side to marinade for a few minutes.
  • Finely slice the spring onions and chop the green beans, tenderstem broccoli or asparagus into small pieces. Heat the oil in a wok then add the chopped vegetables. Stir fry for about minute before adding the chicken and marinade.
  • Stir fry for a couple of minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
  • Add the Tilda Steamed Basmati Egg Fried Rice, sweetcorn and pineapple. Stir fry everything together for about 2 minutes until the rice is completely heated through then serve in bowls or on plates.

My top tip for eating rice/noodle dishes when trying to be good is to use chopsticks! You can’t eat as quickly allowing your body/brain time to register how much you have eaten! This meal came in at 405 calories per portion. It was also delicious!

We received some Tilda Steamed Basmati Rice for the purpose of this post.

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