bento box (for rice and things) via here
Rice. It's totally great stuff, right? I mean it feeds some crazy proportion of the world's population whilst still tasting pretty ace. Go rice. Anyhoo, there's been a ricey theme in these here parts, so I thought I would share. Rice... the grain that links the little scribbley bits of my existence together. Rice facts you should know.
- Lexi gave me her risotto recipe. It's baked, you know. How fancy. And it's rice!!!
- Yesterday I made meatballs in tomato sauce. Instead of adding breadcrumbs to the kilo of mince, I added 1/2 a cup of parmesan, 1/2 cup of cooked rice and an egg. Plus some seasonings, plonked them in the tomato sauce and those were the best meatballs we had ever had. Rice. Fancy up your meatballs.
- Both Madhur Jaffrey and my ex-step-mother-in-law say 1 1/4 cups of rice to 1 cup of water - MJ frys the rice in oil before adding the water. ESMIL uses the rice cooker. Fancy up your oil. Try rice.
- Ari has sushi for lunch most days. With tuna. Rice. Fancy up your tuna.
- I told Gemma about putting arborio rice in the rice cooker - just like normal rice - and she did. And it worked out just fine! Fancy up those long-grain days... with rice!
- We bought a bag of basmati at the grocery wholesaler - it has a zip on the top of the bag - and it wasn't the cheapest bag, but hey... I liked the zip. Do you know what? It's the best rice I've ever tasted. Rice. It might come with a zip.
Awright. I'm shutting up. I have had too many lollies and have been sniffing fabric glue. See you tomorrow with an update on the Felt-a-Long! (see link in the side-bar because i am too lazy to link here!)
xx Pip
Edit - last night someone threw rice over their back fence into the laneway. The dogs totally appreciated it this morning. Rice. Fancy up your right of way.
Oh yes, what about Rice NOODLES! I like them, like a combo of rice and noodles, rice in a noodle form I guess. Rice is nice and so are you.
ReplyDeleteYou'll never believe what I made Frank & I for dinner tonight?! Chicken and Mushroom Risotto!! Yes, RICE!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAngela xox
I love rice! Especially if it's in california rolls...Mmm:)
ReplyDeleteThat bento box is the cutest:)
off with me to check the link:)
My Mum always put rice in her meatballs. I think it has a (fancy) name or something - Porcupine meatballs? Yum!
ReplyDeleteWe saute our brown rice in oil before adding water, takes a long time with the brown rice but so damn tasty.
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine knew that he wanted to marry his now wife when he tasted her rice, awwww that's love!
oh, rice! rice rice rice. i love rice. i am a non-wheat eater so i basically would not survive without rice. i love it fried, in puddings, salads, with sushi, in risotto (i bake mine too).
ReplyDeletei once made vanilla rice souffles for my husband for breakfast on his birthday. annnnd we ate two each, because they were so good!
I just posted a yummy summer dinner meal....with rice! I have left overs of the rice. You just inspired me to make meatballs for dinner! Yum
ReplyDeleteI had rice for dinner with my steak tonight... and I love porcupine meatballs. I put my meatballs in a casserole dish and cover them with a tin of tomato soup and then bake them..mmmmmm the rice ends up all fluffy inside.
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