2278 Why would you do this?
If I ever write a Thursday 13 about foods I can't cook, rice-anything would be at the top of my list. Third world women using an open fire in a pit can cook rice, but not me. If rice is going to be on our menu, we've either gone to a restaurant, or it is the boil-in-a-bag type. But this week I bought a pouch of Knorr/Lipton Rice Sides, Cheddar Broccoli, rice & pasta blend and will fix it for dinner tonight. Even in the picture, you can barely see the broccoli, so I'll have to add some. For some reason I haven't figured out yet, I buy more prepared food now than I did when I was working. Trying new recipes was not on my list of things to do during retirement.However, I noticed in reading the instructions that to microwave this dish takes 12 minutes; stove top takes 7 minutes. Definitely not a time saver.
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I think I'm starting to get the hang of rice, but maybe I speak to soon. Cooked basamati rice the other night with butter chicken, without help from the missus, and it actually turned out.
Sometimes mine turns out--out to the trash.
I can cook rice very well...somedays. Somedays it gets burned, or is crunchy, or is all mushy. And every single time I cook it I do the same thing. I think it's something in the air...
If any of you are close to a Trader Joe's(the closest to me is a 220 mile round trip, but it's worth it), they have frozen cooked organic brown rice, three ten oz packets to a box. It's totally wonderful, as I hate to cook rice, even with the rice cookers. It is so popular that they are having trouble keeping it stocked. I add it to all sorts of dishes.
Thanks for the tip Maggie. I shop at Trader Joe's about twice a month, it is near by, and even with tattoos and face studs, their help is the greatest. I'll definite try this product.
I CAN cook rice, believe it or not. We bought a cheap ($15) countertop rice cooker a few months ago: perfect rice every time!
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