Making time for meals is easier said than done. It’s time to plan, time to buy ingredients, time to cook and time to wash up. Every minute counts – with competing demands between work, family and leisure, we have all become quite ‘time-poor’. Every one has 24 hours, but how do we make good use of these hours to make them count?
We recently introduced a new piece of kitchenware into our family – the Joseph Joseph M-Cuisine stackable microwave pot. It functions as a rice cooker, i.e. steamer, but saves a lot of time and space as you can cook a few small dishes at the same time. Apart from plain rice, I enjoy making ‘tasty rice’ adding small chunks of meat or fish with grated carrot or peas, or cook these in the stackable layers above. It uses minimal oil and is a useful addition to all of us who are time-poor looking for health-conscious recipes!
Salmon and peas tasty rice
Use:
500ml water
200g smoked salmon (or other fish options)
200g rice, go for brown or wild options for extra fibre
80g peas
Make: Add water and salmon to rice, cook in microwave for 20 minutes, add peas halfway through.
Serve: Two adult portions. Delicious with other vegetables too!
Nutrition:
Per 100g: Energy 137kcal 576kJ | Fat 3.7g of which saturates 0.8g | Carbohydrate 15.3g of which sugars 1g | Fibre 1.2g | Protein 9.9g | Salt 1.1g
Per portion (290g): Energy 397kcal 1672kJ | Fat 10.8g of which saturates 2.3g | Carbohydrate 44g of which sugars 3g | Fibre 3.4g | Protein 28.8g | Salt 3.1g