rice balls – Holly's Gluten Free Home

Dinner in minutes… And amazingly yummy? Yep.. You can do it! I put rice in the rice cooker earlier, but I got home at 655pm and dinner was on the table at 720. AND my son told me there was NO better dinner than this. (Yes!)

The secret? Tonight I made them huge, cheesy and with a ball of mozzarella in the middle… The result? Gooey cheesy center, crispy yummy outside… Perfect.

they are SO good!

I’m trying to stay on track… It’s not easy right? Call over the weekend… Got a cold… My pool turned as green as my neighbors yard (mine is a little brown)… And my body.. Stiff.. So, I took a deep breath on Monday and reminded myself to make time for things that mean something to me. I went for a swim after dropping off my son at 0550, I caught up on work at work and home, made my kids homemade pizza and then headed to a Heat game (super fun!!!) with my fiancé, and Today? Today, I took my stiff self to 6 am yoga and showed this body some hot yoga love! Dinner at the table is a given… Gotta make the time… Now let’s make the incredible, oh so edible, rice balls with cheese filling. Happy!

What you need

Olive oil- heat in sauce pan

Gluten free bread crumbs- 2 cups

Salt – 1 tsp

3 eggs- lightly whisked

1/4 cup chopped parsley – fresh or dried

1 cup Parmesan cheese

1 cup mozzarella cheese

12 – 1″ cubes of mozzarella

2 cups white organic rice – prepared sticky 🙂

Heat oil

Fluff rice

Add 1 c bread crumbs, seasonings, shredded cheese. And egg and mix well

Take big handfuls and shape into ball, place cube of mozzarella into center, close, roll in remaining bread crumbs

wet your hands a little so you can make the balls more easily

put in a nice square of mozarella

fry in olive oil & the drain well

Fry for 2 mins per side or until beautifully browned

Makes 12 large rice balls- dinner portion 2 per person served with tomato sauce and salad.

so good….so gone!

Do what you love, eat great food, make time for what’s (and who is) important to you.❤️

Worknight for me… Not for them. So, we have a play date & sleepover going on here. That’s cool. I’m tired… They appear to have had Red Bull during their camp refreshments… And they have decided to watch Jumanji, because that’s not too scary. Are you kidding me? I’m in the kitchen cooking and I’m creeped out! But I’ll be fine. One thing I know how to do is feed hungry kids… And I am surrounded by them. One 14 year old bottomless pit boy, 2 – 10 year old girls and 2 – 6 year old girls.. They are starting to circle… Darting in like sharks on shark week… Trying to grab a cookie… Or a croissant… Even an apple or a banana… One of the 6 year olds just licked a croissant so I couldn’t put it back… The childbeasts are starting to get restless… But, I’ve got this!
First!

Homemade Pizza!
This is not gluten free… Although it can be! If you need the recipe, message me or check out past blogs.

This is a well loved meal by playdate attendees and doesn’t dissapoint! slumber party … pizza party.. happy party.

Next… I’ve been dying to try gluten free rice balls! So, here it goes!!
By the way… 4 of these disappeared before even being fried… Yep.. That good….well and the sharkchildren… They are clearly ravenous. Its 640 pm.. The clock is ticking…. Anyway, I hope you ran, or swam or did orange theory today😊
Cook 1 cup of white arborio rice or sushi rice in your usual fashion but with a dash more water and a veggie bullion cube and 1 tsp olive oil – while that cooks…
Mix:
2 eggs
Salt and black pepper to taste
3 tsp parsley (I used dried)
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan
Put in the fridge to cool until the rice is done.
Mix the egg mixture with the rice… Stir like crazy or you will have egg chunks and this is Italian…. Go! Use those forearms!
go! go! go! stir fast so you end up with rice balls not chinese fried rice!

Ok. Put that in the freezer until cool!
Now! Make rice into balls and then roll in gluten free bread crumbs. Fry until golden in oil on medium high. Drain on paper towels.