Now that we are at the beginning of a new year many people are going to start thinking more about cutting calories and eating healthier. They do this mainly to lose the weight that they put on during the two month holiday season. However, others are interested in making long term changes to their diet. One way that you can improve the quality of your diet without having to orchestrate your life around an extreme fad diet is to experiment with a variety of parve Jewish Recipes.
Parve Jewish recipes are simply recipes that don’t contain meat or dairy ingredients. For those of you who love meat and dairy, the thought of eliminating these two types of ingredients may seem crazy. However, once you start experimenting with parve ingredients and recipes you will soon discover that you don’t miss the meat and dairy because the flavors and textures are so satisfying.
One of my favorite parve recipe is for a modified fried rice. For the best results when making fried rice at home cook your rice the day before you want to use it, and refrigerate it over night. This will dry it out slightly and allow the rice to absorb the flavors of your vegetables.
Vegetable fried rice is easy to make. Simply: (1) spray a frying pan with olive oil cooking spray, (2) stir fry onions, carrots, peppers and other veggies, (3) add in rice, (4) mix a tablespoon of soy sauce with a half teaspoon of corn starch, (5) add soy sauce to stir fry and (6) heat through.
Tasty traditional Jewish recipes and unique parve Jewish recipes can help make your New Year tastier. For more tips and savory Jewish recipes, return next week.