Most of the time I go around with all sorts of food ideas floating in my head. Lists, meal plans, stuff to eat, stuff to blog. I think about food a lot. And unfortunately, for those who know me personally, I talk about food a lot. I also make frequent trips to the store, in order to stock up for all my recipe ideas, sometimes having to go back repeatedly when things don’t turn out as planned. Planning. Stocking. Cooking. Amid all this planning, stocking, and cooking every now and then something totally random, unexpected and wonderful is born out of my kitchen. This meal is one of those things. I didn’t want to open up by telling you guys that this was a “clean out the fridge dinner,” because there’s just something unappealing to me about thinking of a dish that way, but that is exactly what this is. It happened one evening when I was home alone. My husband had some plans, so I took a yoga class and figured I’d return home and heat up a veggie burger. When I got home, as often happens after an intense yoga class, I discovered I was hungrier than expected. Time to clean out the fridge! A few pieces of kale, some leftover rice…what did I need here? Ah, peanut butter. Peanut butter makes everything better, and in this case it did the job. The meal was so good I actually felt bad about making it all for myself. Fortunately I had leftovers and spent the following afternoon enthusiastically encouraging my husband to eat them. He initially looked at me a little funny when I told him that my amazing concoction was peanut butter fried rice, but he finally gave in, and always, assented to my culinary genius. I hope you make this and do the same.
