In honor of Chinese New Year we had dumplings on Monday and I discovered a new way to cook rice. Cooking rice is a problem for me, it never comes out just perfect. It's either too watery or too clumpy or too overdone or too underdone. We don't eat enough rice for me to justify a rice cooker (and we definetely don't need another appliance). I learned this trick from The Splendid Table: cook rice like pasta. Bring large pot of water to boil. Add rice, stir. Cook for about 5-8 minutes, drain while still al dente. The rice doesn't come out like sticky rice, but separate grains, but since I almost always cook jasmine rice, I prefer that.
| | Breakfast | Lunch (for school kids) | Dinner | Snack |
| Monday | Cereal | Pb&j orange Snack: Trail mix (almonds, pine nuts, m&ms, milk duds) | Rice Stir fry (cabbage, carrots & onions) | Grapes yogurt |
| Tuesday | Frozen Waffles | Pb&j Sliced mangoes ABC cookies Snack: carrots | Smoked pork sandwiches with cabbage slaw (leftovers) | Whole wheat choc. chip cookies (substitute half the white flour for ww) |
| Wednesday | Cereal | School lunch Snack: oranges | Mac N’ Cheese (from a box) | Peanut butter crackers |
| Thursday | Dipping eggs Toast | String cheese Snack: applesauce | Filled crescent rolls | |
| Friday | Frozen Waffles grapefruit | Rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh blueberries Peanut butter crackers Snack: pears | Baked Potato Bar (broccoli, sour cream, cheese, baked beans, scallions) | Celery & cucumbers |
| Saturday | Matt's Crepes with lemon and sugar | Nachos w/ refried beans, cheese, sour cream and avocado | Fogasa Salad with olives, carrots, scallions, red peppers | |
5 comments:
rice cooker. i'm tellin' ya. we don't eat rice a whole lot either. but when we do ... there is never a concern. you can find them as cheap as $10.
Glad to see you're feeling like life is more normal, whatever "normal" means. : )
O my gosh, Matt's crepe recipe made your blog. I feel like I was just invited to eat lunch with the cool kids. Thanks for making my day! :)
Mmm, I made a Thai chicken coconut soup this week too. I LOVE that stuff. Mine was much simpler as I was lacking ingredients, but so good. How do you do your smoked pork sandwiches? I'm always doing BBQ pork. Do you have any other good pork roast recipes? I'm always getting them at Costco and looking for something new to do with them.
jen, i'm glad you liked the soup. i loved how flavorful it was. josh smokes the pork roast all night in a smoker. it's dreamy but hard to duplicate, i'll think of some other great pork recipes.
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