Thursday, May 21, 2009

My rice cooker


This goes under a growing list of things I lived without until I got one and now I can't live without. I can make great rice without it, provided I don't get distracted halfway through and burn it (sure it was only one time, but it's a source of Hispanic shame to botch rice!). It's just so easy! And it frees up valuable burner space. Mine even has a steamer attachment so I can steam veggies alone, or while the rice is cooking. Fabu!

Today I embarked into a whole new world of rice cookery. Today I made Quinoa and Lentils! Here's the recipe as I made it up, I even measured (something I don't normally do) so I could record it for posterity.

Into rice cooker went:
1 cup quinoa (prerinsed
1 cup brown lentils
1/4 cup sofrito (frozen)
dash of garlic powder
dash of onion powder
dash of Adobo seasoning (basically pepper, oregano, salt, onion powder, garlic powder & achiote)
4 cups water

After it cooked I served it with 1/4 cup vegetable juice and a little shredded mozzarella added to it. It was delish!



This goes under a growing list of things I lived without until I got one and now I can't live without. I can make great rice without it, provided I don't get distracted halfway through and burn it (sure it was only one time, but it's a source of Hispanic shame to botch rice!). It's just so easy! And it frees up valuable burner space. Mine even has a steamer attachment so I can steam veggies alone, or while the rice is cooking. Fabu!


Today I embarked into a whole new world of rice cookery. Today I made Quinoa and Lentils! Here's the recipe as I made it up, I even measured (something I don't normally do) so I could record it for posterity.

Into rice cooker went:
1 cup quinoa (prerinsed
1 cup brown lentils
1/4 cup sofrito (frozen)
dash of garlic powder
dash of onion powder
dash of Adobo seasoning (basically pepper, oregano, salt, onion powder, garlic powder & achiote)
4 cups water

After it cooked I served it with 1/4 cup vegetable juice and a little shredded mozzarella added to it. It was delish!


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3 comments:

  1. Is it very useful? A friend and I just had a conversation today about how much she loves her rice cooker. I've never had one. Sounds like I'm missing out.

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  2. It turns itself to warm when it's done so it can't burn if you forget about it or get busy with something else. I've only burned rice a couple of times, but in my family that's enough to get you voted off the island. Also the steaming feature is fab! Rice n veggies done at the same time!

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  3. Ooooh, this is going to go on my wish list.. I am forever getting dry rice or burnt rice..

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