Slacker!

Well, my goal of posting one new recipe a week has so far turned out to be a total flop!! With all of the holiday festivities, I haven't had time to grocery shop, much less cook in the past couple weeks! So, with that being said, I thought I would blog about my current favorite little kitchen gizmo.


For my birthday last year Maribeth got me a rice cooker. Now I must admit, at first I was skeptical. Why on earth would I need something to help me cook my rice when I am perfectly capable to boiling water on my own?


Boy, was I wrong! I don't know what it is about this little crock pot like machine, but it makes the most perfect, fluffy, delicious rice ever!! I am officially sold on it-which is good, since it was a gift.


So to the point, the rice cooker has come in handy a few times in the last couple weeks. Just the other day I pulled out some Zatarans Jambalaya Rice mix. I cooked up a chicken breast and some turkey sausage. I then dumped the rice, sauce mix and water in to the cooker, with the chicken and sausage in the steamer basket. Oh, did I not mention the convienent steamer? Healthy and easy! I then grabbed a light timer that we have for when we are on vacation and set it to start cooking at 1:30 and we headed off to the gym at about 1:00.


We got back from the gym, I mixed the two pots together and we had jambalaya ready about 10 minutes after we got home. It was perfect!!


So there you have it... since I don't have time to cook lately, I thought I'd share my new favorite meal shortcut! Now it's all the rest of you ladies turn... if you have a shortcut, a quick meal, or a favorite gadget post it up!!!


Oh, and thanks MB for the great birthday present :)