Just posted this method on a thread of someone asking for food options when you come home drained and lazy after work.
Figured more people would benefit if I post it up here as well and I could also post some pics.
It’s also great for people that don’t love the texture of cooked but still crunchy / chewy veggies. The veggies get nice and soft (cauliflower is amazing btw.) but since the cooking liquid gets soaked up by the rice, you don’t loose all of the vitamins and minerals.
Text from my response below now:
Rice cooker one pot meals for the win ! Easiest and tastiest way to eat healthy. Was struggling just like you described before I discovered this way of cooking.
Buy a half decent rice cooker (Japanese or Korean brands tend to be good, like Zojirushi or Cuckoo).
And then just do one pot dishes in there. Even easier if you combine it with frozen ingredients (veggies and proteins). Basically just put the rice (or noodles also work) with water (or mixed with other liquids for flavor, like wine, broth, soy sauce) in there. And put frozen veggies and some kind of protein on top. Season with spices, some salt etc. and cook.
Takes like 2-3 minutes to prep, cooks in like 25-35 minutes and cleanup is done in 2-3 minutes. And it’s completely hands off, as the rice cooker makes sure nothing burns etc.. So in the mean time you can just do whatever needs doing. And once the rice cooker is done you just mix everything up and dinner is ready :).
And if it’s a halfway decent rice cooker, the rice or noodles will be really good (and not a pot of mush or burnt, like if you try doing the same in pot on the stove).
And surprisingly healthy too, as I often do like 400 g of veggies and just 50-100 g of rice.
Here’s a random example I just googled. You can go really creative though. Also great to add beans, lentils etc. for extra fiber and nutrition :).
by umami202
Dining and Cooking