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A super-quick, easy dinner for Gdcs when you’ve all been out all day and they’re ‘starving’….

(29 Posts)
Witzend Fri 07-Aug-26 18:00:26

I’ve done this a few times now.
Cook plenty rice first thing, drain, put on a plate, cover.

On coming home, sling some frozen peas into a pan of water, set it to boil.
Heat a little oil in a large frying pan. When hot, sling in the rice, stir fry for a few minutes, then crack in an egg or two (I use 2 large) mix in well.
Open a small tin of sweetcorn, drain it.
Add cooked peas and some or all of the sweetcorn to the rice, stir a couple of minutes more, so it’s all hot.

Lately I’ve been adding (separately) a pack of 10 fish fingers - 3 each, one left over, (6 minutes in the microwave) since the Gdcs are older, taller, and with increasingly hollow legs.

A favourite with our Gdcs anyway.

Bassoues Thu 20-Aug-26 18:46:31

Retread yes, I meant from sundried tomatoes in oil

Gwyllt Thu 20-Aug-26 20:28:11

When rice is cooked and allowed to go cool the starch crystalises. When reheated it is less digestible so fewer calories are available weight for weight Same applies to potatoes

Jonathanwill Mon 31-Aug-26 13:20:20

That sounds really good and pretty easy to make too. Rice, eggs, peas, sweetcorn and fish fingers… hard to go wrong with that.

And yeah, I can imagine those grandkids going through food like there’s no tomorrow!