The other day, one of my friends was wondering what to do for dinner, and my other friends mentioned that she swears by her rice cooker because it's easy and quick to cook just about anything. Well, it happens that Melanie, President of Melanie's Fine Foods, also swears by her rice cooker for the many recipes she develops with her fffabulous sauces. Melanie is indeed the creator of the award-winning Big Acres® Gourmet Sauces and Rubs and distributor of gourmet goodies for kitchen & grill. A "foodie" her whole life, Melanie has always been passionate about natural lifestyles and strives to help people make simple, gourmet meals any day of the week. Here is why she loves her rice cooker so much:
"The Zojirushi (pronounced "yo-zher-u-shi") NS-ZCC18 10-Cup Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker and Warmer
is the most fffabulous appliance. Now, understand that I'm normally opposed to kitchen appliances with only one function. This machine is THE exception to my own rule. This cooker steams rice cooks all kinds of dishes—macaroni and cheese, beans, pulled pork, rice pudding, oatmeal and more.
We purchased this rice cooker for our food manufacturing company. We wanted to offer steamed rice with our sauces to people who visited our booth at various shows. The benefit of using this machine is that we wash and measure the rice the night before, add the correct amount of water, set the timer to the desired "ready" time and voila! — yummy, moist, perfectly cooked rice is ready when the show opens the next morning! Imagine setting your rice before you leave in the morning for work and when you get home at 5pm, it's ready and waiting for you to serve to your family. But the timer isn't the only wonderful feature...this cooker offers the selection of the type of rice—white, sushi, regular, long, medium, brown, pudding and more, and adjusts its temperature and cook time to the type and amount of rice.
The process is so easy. Simply measure washed rice into the bowl, fill with water (the non-stick bowl is marked with lines for water), place the bowl in the cooker and turn it on. The Zojirushi
also has a sense of humor; when the start button is pushed, the machine plays "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", and another cute song is played when the rice is ready. And the keep warm feature keeps rice fresh and hot for hours. Our rice was moist and delicious after 8 hours. I do recommend that if you're holding rice for that long that you make more than you need as the rice on the bottom dries out just a little.
While I was skeptical at first, the Zojirushi Rice Cooker
makes the most amazing rice, including Mexican Rice..."
Are you convinced already? That's all I needed to order my very own rice cooker. And stay tuned for Melanie's Mexican Rice recipe! Yay! Thanks Melanie.
