Rice

To cook rice:
One cup of uncooked rice will make 3 cups of cooked rice, or four servings.

Combine:
1 c uncooked rice
1 tsp. salt
2 c boiling water

• Combine the ingredients. Bring to boil in a saucepan, stirring now and then to keep rice from clumping. When it reaches a boil, cover with lid and lower the heat to simmer.
  
• Cook about 15-20 minutes without removing lid or stirring, until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender.

Ideas for using rice
from the kitchen of Karen Wilcox

• Cook rice in beef or chicken broth instead of water.
• Mix cooked rice with a variety of things—sliced mushrooms, sautéed onions, crumbled pieces of bacon, slivered almonds, or grated cheese.
• Try sour cream and chives mixed into cooked rice.
• Substitute ½ c fruit juice (apple, orange, cherry) for ½ c water when cooking. Vegetable juice cocktail or tomato juice may also be exchanged for 1 c of the water used in cooking.
• Add on of the following herbs to the cooking water when preparing rice.
o 1/8 tsp. dried thyme, oregano, sage, rosemary, basil, or savory
o ½ tsp. celery seeds or dried dill
o ¾ tsp. dried marjoram
o seasoned salt instead of regular salt
o 1 small bay leaf

Sweet Rice
from the kitchen of Lili Hartman

Melt ¼ c butter in non-stick frying pain. Add 1 c rice, uncooked. Sauté rice. Add 2 c water and bring to a boil. Add ¼ c butter, turn to low. Cover and cook 20 min. or until liquid is absorbed.