Recipe Variation: Eggplant Risotto

Another fun risotto variation, this one includes:
Roasted eggplant
edamame
balsamic vinegar
I roasted the eggplant ahead of time, and stirred in the ingredients near the end of the cooking process.

Fried rice with orange and curry

This was a slightly different variation than my typical, Thai-style take on the dish.

John’s Dirty Rice

Not the cajun kind – this is John’s fun rice concoction that is surprisingly yummy.

Chicken And Rice Casserole

I roasted a lovely chicken Friday night, using my favorite compound butter technique, and had a whole bunch of leftovers afterwards. John and I were craving comfort food, so I figured a typical chicken rice casserole would do the trick.
Weirdly, though, I’ve never made one. I think as a result, I’d categorize this recipe as [...]

“Costa Rican” rice with thyme-roasted tomatoes

I had a college roommate who had spent some of her childhood in Costa Rica, and she said that one of the popular breakfasts there was white rice, lemon and tomato. As a fan of savory breakfast, this idea always appealed to me. When I was thinking of how to use my farmer’s market tomatoes [...]

Red beans and rice

Put these together to go along with the pernil. The recipe was a little makeshift b/c I was adapting for the rice cooker, but I don’t think it tasted makeshift.

Light Rice Dinner

John and I have been attempting to eat light lately, which has been met with some success, some failure. Additionally, I’m having a broke pay period, so I’m desperately trying not to buy any groceries until Monday. This means I haven’t been cooking that elaborately, and have ended up with dinners such as this one, [...]

Another good pilaf-y combo

For rice – asparagus, mint, mushrooms and chicken broth. I cooked the extra ingredients on the side and added to rice cooker at the end of the cycle. Yum!

Rice cooker pilaf

Made this as a side this weekend. A little dry, but generally solid flavors.

Makeshift Jambalaya

It was another clean-out-the-fridge night, as I’m trying to avoid grocery shopping before payday. I knew I had two leftover chicken thighs , half a package of kielbasa and canned tomatoes (turns out I was wrong about that one). I figured some sort of jambalaya-type thing would do the trick.