The kitchen appliance I cannot live without
Kitchen appliances are very important in both my home and in my school lunch program. Many kitchen appliances come and go and stay on the shelf year after year. But there is one appliance that I have used regularly for the past 20 years and that is the rice cooker. If you think that a rice cooker can only make rice you are mistaken. The rice cooker is a very versatile kitchen appliance that can do so much more.
The Hamilton Beach Rice Cooker is a bargain at less than $40 on Amazon. It can make up to 20 cups of rice which is perfect for a large family gathering. What can the rice cooker do? Here are my favorite ways to use the rice machine:
- Make perfect rice with no stirring, or boiling the water first
- Make perfect oatmeal of any kind
- Make cream of wheat or grits
- Steam vegetables
- Set a timer and have a hot breakfast when you wake up
- Make simple rice or pasta mixes
- Steam fish or chicken for a healthy dinner main course
- Keeps food warm once it is ready, so it is nice and hot when you want it
- Makes all grains effortlessly including farro, quinoa, couscous and much more
- Inner baskets are dishwasher safe, so easy clean up!
- Makes delicious soups with ease
If someone you know is getting married or setting up their wedding registry, make sure they have a rice cooker on it. This reasonably priced kitchen appliance is at the top of my gift list. The rice cooker is so easy to use that my kids can make rice by themselves. School is starting soon and you will have to start thinking about having a hot breakfast ready before you need to run out the door. Set up all your ingredients the night before and start the timer. You can have oatmeal, steel cut oats, cream of wheat, or any other type of grain waiting for you in the kitchen. I love to make flavored oatmeal for the kids, peaches and cream, maple and cinnamon, and spiced apple. With a rice machine, you do not have to work very hard to serve a hot breakfast to your family. Clean out your breakfast and then steam a healthy dinner later that day. I love to put some fresh broccoli in the steamer basket along with a few pieces of fresh salmon. Steam them both with some spices and dinner is ready. Kitchen appliances should make your life easier, and with the rice cooker my kitchen experience is much better.
I received a rice cooker for my review. I have been using rice cookers for the past 20 years. All opinions and thoughts are 100% my own.
What is your favorite kitchen appliance?
Oh cool! I had no idea this rice cooker could do so much! They should probably change its name, so we realize it does so much more!
I agree, we should rename the rice cooker to the everything cooker! People do not realize how many things it can do.
I need to get a rice cooker! We do enjoy rice, so it would make sense to have one. I’ll add one to my Christmas list!
If you make rice often you really need to try it! It is so much easier to make perfect rice this way.
I have a rice cooker, but it isn’t very good. I agree, it’s a must have kitchen appliance. I’ll have to check out the one you have, mine isn’t very user-friendly.
The newwer rice cookers have really improved over the years. At under $40 it is a bargain of a kitchen appliance!
I thought you were going to say Instapot. I think this is a wonderful device if you eat a lot of rice or don’t know how to cook it right. I fall in the latter category. No matter how much I try to follow instructions, my rice never turns out quite right. I probably need one of these for it to turn out perfectly.
If you are not very good at cooking rice, you really need a rice cooker! It makes rice making so easy. Put it in and forget about it!
I can’t wait to give this a try. We eat a lot of rice.
If you eat a lot of rice, this machine will be life changing!
AIR FRYER!!! MY AIR FRYER (excuse me, air fryers, lol)…. I ADORE THEM!!! They’re god’s gift to earth!
I have an air fryer too, but I do not use it as much as my rice cooker.
I love that you can do lots in this rice cooker aside from cooking rice. lol! I think I also need this one!
You definitely need a rice cooker! You will find so many ways you can use it.
Is this rice cooker similar to a pressure cooker? It looks like it. I have an insta pot and it has changed my cooking life.
I also have an instant pot, but I use my rice cooker much more often! They are quite different.
Wow, that Hamilton Beach rice cooker really works so well. I have never known that there’s a lot of cooking that you can do using a rice cooker like this. Thank you for sharing this with us.
I am so glad you like this rice cooker! It is an amazing kitchen appliance and very well priced.
My favorite kitchen appliance is probably my air fryer. I love using it and I use it often. I love that you can cook so much with it.
We have two votes for the air fryer. I love mine too, but I just do not find that I use it as often.
I am really needing to fire mine back up. I could seriously live off of mine!
You really need to bring your rice machine back out and start using it again!
We make rice all the time in our family! This sounds like a great product to have to make rice easily!
If you make rice often, you really need to get a rice cooker! It will change the way you make dinner.
I have never had a Rice cooker, but this sounds like the perfect kitchen appliance. I will have to look into getting one
You will love this appliance! It has been my favorite appliance for more than 20 years.