Mmmm...... rice pudding.

[kcass1954]

I came home from work late, and Mr. kcass had fixed dinner - bless his little heart - ham steaks, a nice salad, and Zatarains rice.

I don't care for the taste of Zatarains, and my ankles don't do well with it, either. Something about nearly an entire day's allowance of sodium in one convenient serving. So I made brown rice. And I made more than I needed.

After everything was cleaned up, I made rice pudding. My kitchen still smells like cinnamon, and my teenage son thinks I'm a gourmet chef. Mmmm......

[grasswire]

1. you know there are low sodium Zatarain's?

And more than one flavor?

We had low sodium Zatarain's jumbalaya tonight, with pork cutlets, garden summer squash with garlic and cheese. Yummy.

Oh, and I love rice pudding too. Can't eat it cuz of the carbs, tho. We all have trouble of one kind or another. :-)

[Callalily]

2. Rice pudding is such a

great comfort food! Hmmmmmm . . .

[Tesha]

3. OK, but there are lots of ways to make it...

my husband loves the one that cooks in a double boiler using lots of milk, white sugar, and taking an hour
on the other hand... I love the one made with just enough milk to cover the cooked rice, brown sugar and an egg

good thing we both love the vanilla and raisins ;)


Are there other methods we could argue over?

[Arkansas Granny]

6. One of our family recipes is a stove top version that we serve as a breakfast cereal.

We call it Rice and Raisins (very imaginative, doncha think?).

I start by putting 1 part rice, 2 parts water and a handful of raisins in a pan with a little salt and cook it until the rice is tender. Then I add enough milk or half and half to it to make it kind of loose and soupy and remove from heat. Beat an egg (or two) with a little sugar and vanilla. Temper the egg with some of the hot rice then stir into the rest of the rice. We serve it with a little additional sugar, a dusting of cinnamon and milk or half and half.

[yellerpup]

4. That's some real comfort food!

I can almost smell it. Yum!

[The empressof all]

5. Thanks for the inspiration

I just made some in the pressure cooker using Brown Basmati Rice, Almond Milk, raisins, crushed almonds and agave nectar. It probably could have used a bit of a longer cook but it's still yummy