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3 Quick Rice Recipes

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Minute® Ready to Serve Rice.

Since it’s the first week of January, you’re probably hearing so many people talk about dieting, if you aren’t talking about it yourself.

I’m not quite jumping on that bandwagon, but I do want to be more mindful about what I eat. My biggest problem is skipping meals and then eating a massive dinner because I’m starving or shoving half a dozen cookies in my mouth as I’m making dinner because I can’t even wait until dinner is done.

So, one of my resolutions is to make sure I eat 3 reasonably sized meals as well as having small snacks so I don’t get to that crazed feeding frenzy.

But when the kids are at school and my husband is at work, I tend not to want to cook for just me, so I need simple meals.

rice recipes

 Citrus Rice

Minute® Ready to Serve White Rice + chicken + asparagus + grated orange zest.

I had leftover chicken and asparagus, so this one was easy. Use whatever veggies you have on hand. Next time, I think I’d use Minute® Ready to Serve Jasmine Rice.

citrus rice

Chicken Fried Rice

Minute® Ready to Serve Fried Rice Mix + chicken

Since the Minute® Ready to Serve Fried Rice Mix already has peas, carrots, and onions, I just had to add the leftover chicken I had on hand.

chicken fried rice

Easy Rice Pudding

Minute® Ready to Serve White Rice + vanilla pudding cup +  raisins + cinnamon

I had just made vanilla pudding earlier this week, so I used about a half cup of that instead of a pudding cup. You could easily serve 2 with this (or save half for later).

rice pudding

 

 

About Minute® Ready to Serve Rice

You can find other ideas on the Minute® Ready to Serve Rice website or on the packaging.

 

Minute® Ready to Serve Rice is an ideal portable solution for a quick mini-meal or snack because you can eat it on-the-go, straight from the cup. In just 60 seconds, you have fully cooked rice with nothing to add for any meal or snack. Available in many varieties including: Whole Grain options of Brown Rice, Brown & Wild Rice and Multi-Grain Medley, Jasmine Rice, White Rice, Chicken Rice Mix, Yellow Rice Mix, and Fried Rice Mix. The newest option,Minute Ready to Serve Black Beans & Rice is ready in just 90 seconds.

minute rice

What is your favorite go-to quick meal?

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Minute® Ready to Serve Rice.

Comments

  3. Rice is the perfect side dish isn’t it? Those are all awesome if you ask me.

  5. I love Minute Rice. We have a beans & rice recipe that I make often. It’s less than 20 minutes and involves a lot of vegetables on top of the rice.

  7. I love these little Minute Rice servings. The Hubs and I usually share one when eat some fish or chicken on a weeknight – they are so handy and that you can pop them in the microwave for a minute and eat is fab!

  10. I love those minute rice cups. I sent a bunch of them to my daughter when she was in college so she could have something to snack on when the dining hall was closed.

  12. These are great ways to enjoy eating rice. I love the desert idea. We love rice and have it several times a week.

  13. I love rice, You can put most anything in it and make so many different things with just a few ingredients. It’s one of the few foods that my kiddo will eat. He’s super picky.

  18. My husband likes these little rice cups. Rice is his favorite food and these are portable so he can take them to work. He works 12hr shifts at the hospital as a repository therapist and often doesn’t get much time to sit down and eat. These are perfect for that.

  19. These rice cups are so handy. I always stock up on them! Thanks for the great recipe ideas.