Confetti Rice

Sometimes when you are making a recipe, you just need something to put on the side. This Confetti Rice recipe is the way to go. It is easy, cheap and so quick to make. It goes well with chicken, beef or even pork. For vegetarians its great because it is all vegetables.

When boiling the water for the rice, the chicken broth is optional. You can use all water instead. The chicken broth will just add some more flavor to the recipe.

I went out of the cookbook for our dinner the other night, but just for the main dish. Due to us going out of town this weekend I wanted to use what I had in the fridge instead of going out for a whole new recipe. You do not have to use the recipes in the book for every little entree and side for everything. It is nice to use a recipe along with either a family favorite you may already have or even just something last minute you want to throw together.

There is a recipe in "A Stir in the Mist" for Pork Chops. I was missing two of the main ingredients to make the delicious dish so instead I went ahead with just an ordinary but tasty pork chop dinner.

As a side dish Confetti Rice was to the rescue.

You will notice when you purchase your cookbook that there are side bars that will allow you to get ideas on maybe what dish is good with what or even a tip on how to make baking or cooking the recipe easier. Confetti Rice can go with almost anything. The nice thing with a rice dish like this one, you can add an ingredient, like mushrooms are good. Or like I said earlier you can take out an ingredient. Instead of using some chicken broth and some water to cook rice in, you can just use water.

Once the rice and vegetable mix has soaked up all the liquid, I would just sample the rice to make sure it is nice and tender.

One trick I did learn about cooking rice is that instead of using the exact measurments of liquid to rice, just boil water and add rice the same way you would do for pasta. You will find that your rice will turn out nice and "fluffy"(if that is even a term to be used in the kitchen)

I suggest trying it, maybe not with this recipe. I promise you, you will most likely cook your rice the same as pasta from now on.

Well I hope you find an entree that this Confetti Rice dish will go along with well.

Enjoy!!