I travel quite a bit for my day job, so I don’t get to spend as much time in the kitchen as I like. That being the case, convenience is also very important to getting yourself in to the kitchen.
Here is a suggestion for an essential kitchen item you should add to your arsenal to make cooking at home even easier:
A quality rice cooker -
My wife is Korean and Filipino and she grew up with rice at the ready for almost every meal; she brought that tradition with her to our family so we have basically always had a rice cooker. These appliances used to be sort of hard to find, but now you can buy a good one just about anywhere.
My mother-in-law and father-in-law bought an “old school” Zojirushi for us 15 years ago just like the one pictured below, we’ve probably used it over 3000 times and it still works beautifully!
Basically, you can put a couple of cups of rice in there (I mix brown and white to build up the whole grains a bit) and it makes perfect steamed rice as a healthy side dish.
Wash the basin with hot water and mild dish soap, don’t immerse the electrical bits, and enjoy it year after year.
Happy Cooking!
5 comments:
I always thought rice cookers seemed silly, but I admit I can't make a perfect pot of rice. If I had a bigger kitchen I'd probably get one, we don't eat rice more than once a week.
Hey Miss M - you know you raise an excellent point that I forgot to mention...the kind of rice that I cook!
Our friends actually make fun of us because we buy a 20 lb. bag of Extra Fancy rice at the Korean grocery store - basically the kind you get at a Korean restaurant.
I love rice and I am a terrible cook so for me the rice cooker is the only way to go. I also lived in Korea and can attest to the popularity of rice for all meals including breakfast.
Here's a tip: I recently started using my rice cooker to make oatmeal. I can start the rice cooker with oatmeal (same oat/water ratio as in directions), get in the shower, and when I am dressed the oatmeal is waiting for me!
Hey K-Money, very cool idea - I hadn't considered using it for anything else! Of course, I'm an "quick oats in the microwave" guy most mornings ;-)
Regular oatmeal is better for you, and I bet it is cheaper (and greener - less packaging). By using the rice cooker you still get the convenience of quick oats as long as you start the cooker when you first get up.
You can also make a big pot and then the kids have breakfast, too.
Post a Comment