Quick Colorful Rice Medley Food

RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first six ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until rice is tender. Remove from the heat; add lemon juice. Fluff with a fork.

TRIO RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan. Add onions and rice; cook and stir 3 min. Add broth; bring to boil. Cover; simmer on low heat 20 min. or until broth is absorbed.
• Blend dressing, parsley and cilantro in blender until smooth. Mix with 1/3 of the rice; spoon onto ovenproof platter. Cover to keep warm.
• Mix contents of seasoning packet with half the remaining rice. Stir in vegetables and bacon; spoon next to green rice on platter. Top remaining rice (in skillet) with remaining ingredients; cover with lid. Cook until cheese is melted. Spoon next to other mounds of rice on platter.

SAUTEED VEGETABLE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Toss vegetables together in a medium bowl.
• In a medium saute pan, heat the butter and water together over medium heat. Add the vegetables to the pan and turn the heat to medium high. Toss the vegetables, by gently moving the pan back and forth over the flame. Cook the vegetables for 3 to 4 minutes, or until heated through. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer the vegetables to a serving bowl and serve immediately.
• Cook the vegetables in 1 to 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil or butter, without the water. Do this over high heat and brown and crisp the vegetables slightly.
• Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of minced garlic, minced shallot, a teaspoon of grated peeled fresh ginger to the pan before adding the vegetables. - Enhance the vegetables at the end of cooking with a tablespoon or so of minced fresh herbs, like chopped flat-leaf parsley, dill, mint, basil, cilantro, or thyme.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt it generously. Fill a large bowl with ice water, and put a colander or strainer in it. Add the vegetable to the boiling water and cook, uncovered, until crisp tender, or the desired degree of doneness. Scoop the vegetable from the water and immediately put them in the ice water, to stop the cooking and set their color. Cool and drain, and use as desired. When blanching a mix of vegetables, don't cook them together since they may not all cook at the same time. Start with the lightest colored or mildest flavored vegetable, and blanch and refresh each vegetable, one after the other, until cooked as desired.

10-MINUTE VEGETABLE & RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Combine broth, zucchini, water and dill in medium saucepan. Bring to boil on medium-high heat.
• Stir in rice; cover. Remove from heat. Let stand 5 min.
• Add tomatoes and cheese. Stir gently until well blended.

EASY VEGETABLE RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a skillet.
• Add onion, carrot, celery, and red pepper; cook 5 minutes or until tender.
• Add broth; bring to a boil.
• Stir in rice and peas; cover.
• Simmer 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
• ****To save time, replace all the veggies with 3 cups frozen mixed vegetables or frozen broccoli florets and add them when you would have added the peas.

VEGETABLE RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a small saucepan over medium heat, saute rice and onion in oil until rice is lightly browned. Add the tomato, pepper, water and salt; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in peas and heat through.