Vegetable and Sausage Pilaf with Egg

The rice in this dish will fuel your workouts, but the protein from the meat and egg will assist with your recovery.

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Servings: 1

Ingredients

1 tsp olive oil
½ red onion or 1 shallot finely chopped
small clove garlic finely chopped
1 carrot diced
1 small fennel bulb diced plus fennel tops for garnish
1 sausage chopped
¾ cup cooked brown rice
1 cup chopped spinach or silver beet
1 egg

Instructions

In a large pan, heat oil over medium. Cook onion, garlic, carrot and fennel bulb for 2 minutes, until soft but not coloured. Add sausage and cook, stirring, until browned.
Add rice and combine. Add ½ cup water to pan and simmer, stirring, until liquid has reduced. Add spinach and cook until wilted. Place pilaf on plate.
Return to pan to the heat and break egg into it. Cook until done to your liking. Serve pilaf with egg on top, garnish with fennel leaves and black pepper.

Notes

From: Bezzant, Niki (Jul 2018) in: Single Serve Healthy Food Guide