Asian Meatballs with Carrot Rice

This is a recipe I found on marthastewart.com. I have tried over two dozen of Martha Stewart recipes and I've come to find that the recipes are usually very simplified. I think it's great because it gets you acquainted with basics of cooking and allows you to create your own taste by adding your own spices and such. This recipe is Asian Meatballs with Carrot Rice. It's very simple and contains less than 600 calories.

Ingredients

1 lb. Ground turkey (or pork)
3/4 cups of fresh bread crumbs
4 tsp. Fish sauce
4 tsp. Sriracha chili paste
3 scallions chopped (white and green parts separated)
1/3 cup fresh parsley
1 1/2 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Brown sugar
2 garlic cloves
Long grain or Jasmine rice
1 shredded carrot
Vegetable oil
Limes for garnish

Directions
If using fresh bread crumbs, add 3 tablespoons of water to bread crumbs in a bowl and let sit for five minutes. Meanwhile preheat oven to 450 degrees. Add ground turkey, fish sauce, Sriracha, white parts of scallion, parsley, salt, brown sugar, and garlic to bowl with bread crumbs. Knead with hands and form about 12-14 meatballs. Heat 2 Tbsp. of vegetable oil in shallow pan. Brown meatballs on all sides. Slightly grease baking sheet and put meatballs into oven for 10-13 minutes (or until meatballs are cooked through). Meanwhile, follow package directions for cooking rice. Add shredded carrots to rice.

After meatballs are finished, serve with rice, Sriracha, lime wedges and green parts of scallions. Enjoy!

Birthday

I am the luckiest girl alive. I had a wonderful birthday. Flowers, gifts and fantastic food were just small tidbits of the fun I had with my family.

Gray is so kind and let me shop for clothes. He let me eat at my favorite restaurants. I am spoiled.

I am also looking forward to my Kindle which should be arriving soon. I have been reading a lot and I am excited to be able to read three books at once more efficiently. I ordered a Kindle cover on Etsy just yesterday.

And I still can't get over how much I love rainbow chip frosting. Put that on any cake and I am a happy girl.

Rock Band still isn't old. I have forgotten my passion for it.

February doesn't last for very long but I must say it has turned out to be one of my favorite months. Not because of my birthday but because Graydon and I were engaged two years ago on my birthday. We've come so far...we have a little dog named Lucy now!

It's been a stressful week or two but Gray made me feel especially important. I suppose that's how our birthdays should make us feel. Gray surprises me every day. I really hope I can catch up to him on his unselfishness.

Love you, Gray.