{"id":15055,"date":"2012-01-19T09:36:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T13:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=15055"},"modified":"2012-01-19T09:36:17","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T13:36:17","slug":"keep-it-simple-sauteed-chard-with-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2012\/01\/keep-it-simple-sauteed-chard-with-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep It Simple: Sauteed Chard with Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Chard_rice_bowl2.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15059\" title=\"Chard Rice Bowl\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Chard_rice_bowl2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Chard_rice_bowl2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Chard_rice_bowl2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The other day I was craving something warm for lunch. \u00a0I enjoy having big salads and fresh fruit at lunch but sometimes I want something warm. \u00a0Especially in the colder months! It&#8217;s hard to cozy up to a nice big salad when it&#8217;s 17 degrees outside.<\/p>\n<p>We had some leftover rice from the previous night&#8217;s dinner and I had some chard that needed used up. \u00a0Combine the two and you&#8217;ve got a great lunch!<\/p>\n<p>It was super quick to put together. \u00a0I sauteed up:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/4 Onion, sliced<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 Green Pepper, sliced<\/li>\n<li>Once large bunch of chard, chopped<\/li>\n<li>Shredded carrots<\/li>\n<li>A few broccoli florets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sauteed in some olive oil with a pinch of salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, chili powder, and garlic powder.<\/p>\n<p>Added in the leftover rice at the end and cooked just long enough for it to heat through.<\/p>\n<p>Spooned in bowls, topped with a bit of shredded cheddar and a few dashes of hot sauce.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/chard_rice_bowl.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15058\" title=\"Chard Rice Bowl\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/chard_rice_bowl-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/chard_rice_bowl-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/chard_rice_bowl-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/chard_rice_bowl.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perfect warm lunch and super easy to put together. \u00a0Could be assembled the night before or early in the morning to take to work.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing I had to chop was the chard. I already had shredded carrots on hand ready for weekday salads. \u00a0I had sauteed onions and peppers leftover from dinner a previous day and I had broccoli in a bagged, prepped and ready to go.<\/p>\n<p>The idea was to use up what I had on hand to make a quick meal.<\/p>\n<p>You can also add in some extra protein by adding in beans or some scrambled eggs. \u00a0If you have leftover meat or fish from dinner the night before, you could add that too. Whatever you like and whatever you have on hand is the concept for this dish.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a great way to utilize leftovers and to make a quick filling meal.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have fun guys, and remember, always play with your food! Enjoy<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day I was craving something warm for lunch. \u00a0I enjoy having big salads and fresh fruit at lunch but sometimes I want something warm. \u00a0Especially in the colder months! It&#8217;s hard to cozy up to a nice big salad when it&#8217;s 17 degrees outside. We had some leftover rice from the previous night&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,33],"tags":[36,29,16],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-3UP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}