Recipe #2: Hamburger and Rice

* This post was interrupted by a severe thunderstorm in which we lost power! But now I am up insanely early because it is the last day of school and I can hardly contain my excitement! :)

Some meals remind you of days long ago and this is definitely one of them! An easy meal my mom would fix in Japan when my dad would have to head out the door for English class just as we would be arriving home from volleyball practice, or whatever sport it was. It really takes only about 15 minutes hands on time and is a favorite in our house!

• Put on a pot of rice. I use a rice cooker, rice is not rice unless it is made in a rice cooker! I made about 3 cups today.
• While the rice is going, brown some ground beef, or ground turkey. about a pound. 
• Once the rice and the meat are done mix together over really low heat (you don't even need heat on, I just do it to makes sure everything stays warm!) 
• Add some soy sauce, about a 1/4 of a cup i would say... I really don't measure I just pour some in and stop when some rice is brown and other is white! ha, what an exact measurement that is! :) definitely not too much so that it is too wet.
• you can either stop at that, or in the last several years, i have loved adding a little bit of sesame oil, add just a bit to give it a great taste!

Of course this meal is not complete without green beans or corn as a side veggie. In my mind it has to be one of those vegetables, most likely because that is what my mom usually had with it. It is one of the only meals though where i am willing to eat the food together. 

I have to admit, I am more in to food presentation than what you see here, but what you don't see in the picture is the shopping list to the right and Will feeding Alex to the left. Also, Alex trying to reach out and grab my plate on more than one occasion!