For two people, our Aroma rice cooker does a great job with any kind of rice or grain. But when our family gets together, we need quantities of rice and the Instant Pot can deliver them. Uncle Ben's® Original Converted® Brand Rice has been a presence in kitchens … [Read more...]
Steel-Cut Oatmeal – Instant Pot
When we started using the Instant Pot, it seemed like a natural for Steel-Cut Oatmeal. Cook's Illustrated had excellent directions for making steel-cut oats in their July 2009 issue and the end result was always wonderful. But even though Cook's Illustrated said to cook the oats … [Read more...]
Wild Blend Rice – Instant Pot
The warm scent of Lundberg Wild Blend Rice cooking tells me that fall is here. The reason Wild Blend Rice's aroma makes me happy is because it is time to bake Turkey Stuffing Bread. Yes, Turkey Stuffing Bread is used to make Turkey Stuffing at Thanksgiving. And just as … [Read more...]
Adas Polo – Persian Rice with Lentils
We love to eat at Rumi's Kitchen in Atlanta, a very popular restaurant with Persian-influenced food pleasing vegetarians and carnivores alike. Rumi's Kitchen has a side dish called Adas Polo worthy of a main course at our house. The recipe below is a combination of one from … [Read more...]
Coconut Rice
From Tejal Rao of The New York Times who points out that Coconut Rice becomes a meal if you serve it with a fried egg, finely sliced pickled chiles with a little of their pickling liquid and some crushed peanuts. The coconut milk really makes a big difference here. After … [Read more...]