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The Everyday Rice Cooker: Soups, Sides, Grains, Mains, and More

For those that think a rice cooker may be a one-hit wonder, it is time to re-evaluate . Lemon soup with Orzo? Mixed Mushroom and Bulgur Risotto? Sausage and Broccoli Rabe with Farro? Yes, all are often made during a rice cooker! This practical cookbook details methods for preparing basic grains and collects 85 soups, stews, salads, side dishes, and complete meals, including many options for vegetarians and pescatarians. and therefore the information on the way to use a rice cooker to its fullest advantage—from basic, no-frills models to high-tech fuzzy-logic machines—makes it easy to place satisfying, delicious meals on the weeknight dining table with minimal effort and maximum speed.

About the Author

Diane Phillips is a cooking instructor, food consultant, and award-winning cookbook author. She lives in San Diego, California.

Have only fixed two meals so far, but both were very tasty and worked perfectly for the rice cooker we bought. Got the kindle version downloaded to our iPad, so just sit it up on the counter and follow the directions. Very handy. Some ingredients are not easy to find, but won't keep us from hunting them down and trying them.-Alibubla

This cookbook has a variety of recipes, not just for white rice, but for brown rice, wild rice, bulgar, farro, quinoa, barley, grits, polenta, oattmeal and dried beans. There are lots of yummy recipes for using the "mixed" cycle on your rice cooker, most of which can be done start to finish in the cooker.-Elizabeth

Ok I gave this book to my daughter, along with a rice cooker, for Christmas. After she opened her present, next thing I see is my other daughter, my daughter in-law were going through the book and wanting to borrower it. I appears to have a lot of great recipes -Pam