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Buy a crock pot and make a big hearty stew on Sunday. Keep a rice cooker around too. Then refrigerate and eat that stew twice a day, heated up in a microwave, w
by javajosh 5y ago
Buy a crock pot and make a big hearty stew on Sunday. Keep a rice cooker around too. Then refrigerate and eat that stew twice a day, heated up in a microwave, with rice. You can try different stew ingredients and seasonings in the stew according to taste. Use the same bowl and cup, rinse it out each time.
You've reduced your cost and time to a bare minimum (shopping and cooking are a couple hours a week). Note that you can skip the rice and put a starch (e.g. potatoes) in the stew, but rice is highly flexible. You can research the things you need, cut them up and add them to the stew - like beans and broccoli. Since you don't care about taste, don't even bother with meat. Oh, BTW, you're vegan now.
- nirui 5y agoSpeak of rice, cooked rice sometimes only lasts for 2 days even when stored in refrigerator. After that, the rice could become inedible due to biocontamination. Ideally you want to cook rice right before the meal (the same is true for vegetables but for nutrition related reasons). Meat on the other hand, can be prepared days in advance, then freezed in freezer.
- netizen-936824 5y agoDoes this mean I've been eating bad rice for years? There are many times I cook rice on the weekend and eat it throughout the week (stored in the refrigerator) Never seems to get 'bad' only dry. Throw some water in to steam it up in the microwave and its usually fine
- nirui 5y agoFreshly cooked rice smells different than the "expired" ones. You can give it a smell after it has completely cold, if after a few days it starts to small odd, then probably don't eat it. A rice cooker can usually finish cooking in less than 30 minutes completely automatically, so it's not really worth the risk anyway.