rice

In this video, I provide step by step directions for my recipe of baked salmon and quinoa, an alternative for rice, that is much healthier and ...

It’s that time of year again people!  The time that everyone on the planet can celebrate Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday even though we are in no related to or are in any way Catholic or a resident of New Orleans.  It’s the spirit of the thing, right?  I will admit to the fact that I...

Hi folks, Happy New Year! I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays. It’s been a bit hectic here lately, but the kids finally went back to school today. Yay! A while back I posted my party spam musubi, and showed some musubi filled with fried rice. So...

Suleka Lindley, chef and owner of Thai Basil with step-by-step demonstrations of creating "Thai spicy fried rice" in Thai Basil's kitchen in Sacramento. She starts with mincing and combing garlic and serrano chili. Serves 2 to 4 Recipe court...

Suleka Lindley, chef and owner of Thai Basil with the ingredients for pineapple fried rice, including egg, cashews, chicken, prawns, pineapple and onion.Serves 2 to 4 Recipe courtesy Suleka Lindley of Thai Basil. INGREDIENTS 1/2 tabl...

Hey yo!  I’m alive.  And not working on the kitchen or other work for once. Remember, I may have mentioned that my older kid is a vegetarian these days.  And honestly, I’m not too sad about it, because after my husband’s latest Baconfest event, I kind of needed to take a break from bacon….....

I was cleaning out my freezer the other day, getting rid of the old, tired and freezer-burned in order to make new for the new (a.k.a. the turkey & chicken stock I’d just made), when I found a whole, unopened bag of shelled edamame.  How this precious food gem had escaped my usually observant...

This is fried rice the quick and cheating way - using a package of frozen mixed vegetables.Yes - I know - shame on me! But I had quite a few other dishes to prepare for this birthday dinner so I needed to make the short cuts where I could.And honestly ...

The beauty and the danger of fried rice is that you can use whatever leftovers you have in the kitchen. I say danger because my mom once got food poisoning from eating fried rice when we were in Asia. Lesson learned - only order steamed rice when you a...

There are a few things that I have a hard time making.  One, is brownies from a mix.  The second, is rice.  This foolproof method for cooking rice might save me from under-cooking rice ever again.  There are very few things worse than taking a big bite of rice and having it crunch.  Not...