Khichdi
With pantry cooking on the rise, and needing simple dishes we can make for lunch on a work-from-home workday, this one-pot dish of rice and lentils became a favorite. We even prepped “khichdi kits” of pre-measured ingredients to make it easier to get lunch on the table.
The toppings are the real star – don’t skip them!
Pressure Cooker Cilantro Lime Rice
This flavorful rice with cilantro and lime juice is prepared in a pressure cooker, which allows you to start the cooking process and walk away to focus on other dishes. It pairs well with chicken fajitas and charro beans.
Pressure Cooker Chinese Sticky Rice with Sausage
If you like dim sum, you’ve probably had Lo Mai Gai, which is glutenous rice, chicken, mushrooms, and Chinese sausage wrapped in a lotus leaf and steamed. This recipe for the filling is easily accomplished in a few minutes if you have a pressure cooker and can find Chinese sausage at an Asian market.
Guy’s Fried Rice
Fried rice is versatile, weeknight dish that’s just as good using fresh ingredients or the week’s leftovers.
One-Pan Chicken Burrito Bowls
We’re always looking for quick and easy weeknight dinners that appeal to our preschooler as well as us. With this recipe, you cook the Spanish rice and chicken together, and then add black beans and corn to the same pan (though it’s easy to separate them out for picky eaters who like their food in separate piles). Add more piles of chopped avocado, shredded cheese, sour cream, and salsa, and you’ve got dinner.
Grammy’s Porcupine Balls
My grandmother had her hands full raising six kids in the 1950s and ’60s, so a lot of her cooking was very simple. (Though her spaghetti sauce recipe is a family favorite.) Dad also remembers her making these meatballs, studded with rice and served with a simple tomato sauce.
Basmati Pilao Rice
Guy adapted our standard rice recipe to make this easy Indian side dish scented with cardamom, cloves, bay leaves, cinnamon, and black pepper.
Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala
This combination of tomatoes, onions, and chicken, mildly scented with garam masala isn’t the most authentic Indian dish, but it’s a welcoming slow cooker meal at the end of a work day.
Juliette’s Cream of Turkey & Wild Rice Soup
A great holiday bird deserves a great second act. Use the leftovers for this fantastic soup.
Guy’s Sushi Rice
Last year we took a sushi making class and were inspired to start making sushi rice at home. It pairs well with a wide range of seafood dishes.