I recently cooked a whole package of brown rice and made stir fried rice, which was very good. This was for a group buffet and I ended up with quite a bit left over. On the buffet, it was served with sliced turkey. There are just two of us at home and we didn't want to eat stir fry rice every day for a week.
The first night, I served it with meatloaf which I had in the freezer.
The second night, I added some browned hamburger and taco seasonings and we had taco salad.
The third night, I added it to hamburger and sausage mixture, and made stuffed green peppers.
We enjoyed each different meal and it didn't seem that we were eating leftover rice. In fact, it made meal preparation very easy for me with this one ingredient ready to use. I might just cook a bunch of rice, and repeat this meal plan again someday.
By Ruth in Ohio
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I use a rice cooker and often have leftover rice. Rather than throw it away, I do what my old Japanese roommate used to do, freeze it!
