101 uses..

All 8 of you regular readers may take note that I have a new tag: 101 uses for cooked rice.

One regular leftover item (that regularly gets tossed) is rice. With my whole "waste not, want not" philosophy - this has become a major thorn in my side.

So, I've decided to make it my mission to find all the possible uses for cooked rice. Good, bad, and ugly. Make-able and un-make-able. Tasty...and...well...you get the picture.

I've re-labeled the appropriate prior posts (wow, say THAT five times fast), and to kick off the official "grand opening", I'm posting tonight's dessert.

In a previous post, I mentioned that I had made far more rice than necessary. This weekend, I am attempting to use up said rice in my meals. I made a fabulous dinner (which will be saved for another post), and a wonderful (very unexpected) desert.

I kept this recipe very much the same. I added about a teaspoon of vanilla to the rice and milk, and I went ahead and added ALL the Cinnamon and sugar to the top of the peaches. The result? Well, I've eaten a quarter of it, so you be the judge. I'm not sure what a one quart baking dish is, but I used a glass eight by eight pan. I also had to add an extra can of peaches to cover the top, not quite sure how one can would have ever accomplished the task.

I ended up making the dish with 2% milk, but with the starchiness of the rice, I think fat free would have been fine. Moreover, I think you could have gotten away with egg whites instead of full eggs. I will be trying that next time. Those changes would make this a very waist-friendly dessert, indeed.

So, ladies and gents, get out those rice pots, We have some experimenting to do!