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Cooking & Baking

NJCher

(43,204 posts) Wed Sep 24, 2014, 03:21 PM Sep 2014

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I'm making soup with fall vegetables in it, like rutabaga. I also have some spinach-feta cheese sausage to go with.

I'm also planning a salad but not sure what kind yet.

Cher

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What's for Dinner, Wed., Sept. 24, 2014 [View all] NJCher Sep 2014 OP

Rainbow trout Galileo126 Sep 2014 #1

I love rutabaga. geardaddy Sep 2014 #2

Pizza Auggie Sep 2014 #3

Hamburger on a pretzel bun. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2014 #4

I'm sort of picking my way through the day. pinto Sep 2014 #5

So glad your brother is coming. cbayer Sep 2014 #15

curried chicken, SheilaT Sep 2014 #6

ostensibly NJCher Sep 2014 #7

LOL. My electric steamer did the same thing. I gave it away and went back to a pot and a lid. pinto Sep 2014 #8

I would probably like the brown and crispy rice. SheilaT Sep 2014 #10

i can't make white rice to save my life fizzgig Sep 2014 #11

I had the same problem until I discovered Lucinda's perfect rice cbayer Sep 2014 #14

i've tried it and still failed fizzgig Sep 2014 #16

What kind of rice are you buying? cbayer Sep 2014 #17

cheapo store brand long grain fizzgig Sep 2014 #18

Try buying some better rice. cbayer Sep 2014 #19

it probably is fizzgig Sep 2014 #20

That's not enough water. SheilaT Sep 2014 #21

All I can tell you is that this comes out perfectly for me every single time cbayer Sep 2014 #22

Rice is not about boiling but about steaming SheilaT Sep 2014 #23

That was one of my problems - taking off the lid and letting the steam escape. cbayer Sep 2014 #24

In that way rice is totally different from potatoes, SheilaT Sep 2014 #25

For plain, long-grain white rice, the ratio is 2 c. water to 1 c. rice. For Basmati and/or japple Sep 2014 #26

chicken and stuffing skillet with lots of gravy... grasswire Sep 2014 #9

had a couple slices of pizza at work fizzgig Sep 2014 #12

Good old back in the USA BBQ! cbayer Sep 2014 #13