Rice cooker Italian quinoa
Good morning! Hope your day is off to a great start <3
Waffles with almond butter and jelly over here
tea
snuggles and
teeny grunts and snores (coming from the lounger next to me). It’s a good day.
The Pilot had to fly late last night, and since he’s been the dinner chef in our house lately while I feeding the little one and settle her down for bed- I really wanted to have some food ready to eat when he came home. We had chicken –no shocker there, but it was quick/easy- but I did want to show ya the side dish to go along with it.
Rice cooker saves the day:
It’s been fun experimenting with different grains in the rice cooker, and last night I wanted to put together something I could prep in advance in minimal time, and just start it about 45 minutes before we would eat.
I chopped up some onion, garlic, tomatoes, and zucchini:
put it in the fridge until later
then added it to the rice cooker with 1 C quinoa, 2 C veggie broth, 1 can organic chickpeas (drained and rinsed), 1 t each of oregano, thyme and rosemary. The best part: we have a little leftover for lunch today- I can’t wait to top it with some eggs.
More recent eats:
Salad beast with greens, a chopped apple, turkey, brown rice toast cut into croutons, goat cheese, raspberry vinaigrette
and saving a rhino with my sweet tooth 😉
Whenever I’m at the grocery store, I grab whatever “fun” chocolate they have at the register- that was the winner yesterday.
We don’t have anything planned today, so the little one are I are going to hang out, venture to Target for some things we’re out of, and see where the afternoon takes us.
Hope you have a happy Thursday <3
xoxo
Gina
Something to do: A Winter Shape Up workout! A fun way to switch things up at the gym and this week’s is a 2-parter 😉
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Sounds like the prefect day! I love having dinner “made” in the crock pot. I’ve been meaning to pick up a rice cooker too.
Mmmmm I’ve never seen that Endangered Species before it looks awesome!!
I love my rice cooker too!!
Cute Rhino chocolate! 🙂 I love any relaxed day that includes Target!! Enjoy!
Sounds like a great day! I love slow-cooking more and more every time I do it. The chocolate looks like a winner to me too. Let us know what you thought of it! Yum!
Wait!! You put the veggies in the rice cooker too?? With the quinoa and liquids?? I will be so excited if this is the case-I’ve been making a huge portion of quinoa in my rice cooker to have for the week and would just love it if I could combine it with some veggies in the cooker! Thanks Gina!
yep, put everything in there!
I have never thought of putting veggies WITH the rice/grain in the rice cooker. DUH!?! Thanks for the idea….
Have fun at Target. Just try leaving there without spending $100. I never seem to be able to…
didn’t happen. haha
Question: what is the advantage of a rice cooker over a slow cooker? I don’t even know the difference, but I do know that you’re not supposed to make rice in the slow cooker. Why is that?
Your dinner looks delish and I want to try!
i’m not sure but my guess would be that the slow cooker gradually brings the temp up to a higher temp and the rice cooker brings it up to a high temp quickly, and then to a simmer. grains always burn in the slow cooker for me.
Ohh I think I really need either a rice cooker or a slow cooker!! They both sound like they make cooking so much easier especially when things are so busy (which they always are!) And I love your salad bowls, those are so cute! That chocolate looks great too! I just picked up a dark chocolate with toffee from TJs last night!
I’ve never thought of adding more than just rice and grains to the rice cooker. I will give this a try!
Your food always looks amazing! It makes me wish I lived in a apartment/house instead of a dorm room so I could make my own food!!
PS any day with a trip to target involved is a good day to me! haha
That salad looks yummy! Like a healthier version of a chefs salad!! Delish!
Endangered Species is my favorite chocolate brand. 😀
Ahh I need to get a rice cooker. You and Kath have got me convinced!! Have a fun time at Tarjayyy! 🙂
Love my rice cooker too. Mine comes with a small steamer basket that sits on top and you can steam a piece of salmon or whatever at the same time! <3!!! Have a fun day 🙂
That is such a great idea to throw all of those things into the rice cooker. I can’t wait to try this!
I did the WSU workout this morning! Can really feel all those lunges 🙂 I’m kind of sad that I only have one more workout left for the whole WSU – I can’t believe it’s already been 4 weeks! I’m thinking about starting it over again from the beginning like you’ve suggested to make it an 8-week plan.
PS Your chocolate bar looks soooo good, I’ve got a chocolate craving now!
I need to start experimenting with more one pot meals like this!
My sister in law just gave birth on tues to a beautiful baby girl!! Steffi is her name! :)) i got majahh baby fever!!
This looks so tasty!
I love endangered species dark chocolate – it is so rich and delicious.
I don’t have a rice cooker, but I love having dinner ready to go when I walk in the door, so I use my slow cooker at least once a week. What makes it even easier is prepping all my veggies ahead of time (usually on Sunday) and then throwing them in the crockpot before heading off to work.
Livi is beautiful!
thank you!
Looks yummy! Thank goodness for the rice cooker/slow cooker I think.
im not a big fan of salads but that one does look delicious!! yum!
You have officially sparked my craving for waffles!
What kind and size of rice cooker do you have? Thanks!!
i have no idea :/ it’s from costco, if that helps at all-seems to be a standard size
I keeping seeing waffles everywhere and makes me want one! YUM! I really want to get a waffle-maker and whip-up some home made ones!
Your quinoa looks amazing. Have a bite of that chocolate today since it is Chocolate Day!
that one is gone but i’ve been celebrating w an almond chocolate bar 😉
i LOVE that chocolate! it’s so good. anddd that rice cooker concoction sounds like a winner. mmmm. i need a rice cooker.
That rice cooker dish looks amazing! I’ve never thought to put veggies in their too…but why not?! I’ll have to try that…thanks 🙂
That chocolate is so good! YUM. 🙂
I am totally making that quinoa! It sounds delish!
Ohhh, dark chocolate with hazelnut toffee sounds amazing!!
I don’t own a rice cooker but it seems pretty handy. Maybe when I get married it can go on the registry 🙂
that chocolate sounds amazing right about now!
i have been seeing a lot of rice cookers in the blog world lately. i’m thinking i need to hop on that bandwagon because everything always looks simple and yummy when it’s cooked in there.
oh, and i’m way jealous of your target run. i recently moved away from a big city to a target-less town and i miss it so.
Your salad looked super yummy! The dark chocolate with toffee sounded really good, too! Bahh, I’m drooling right now just thinking about it! 😛
I feel like I’m the only person without a rice cooker! I don’t even love rice but I do love appliances..but I really don’t need any more 🙂
I love that you are so “fearless” with that rice maker! I still do not have one, but you are motivating me to get one. 🙂
don’t be afraid!
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