| Pasta can be one of my favourite foods. However, I | | | | harder to stir. |
| only really enjoy it when it's lovingly home cooked, as | | | | Add the pasta to the rice cooker. Some rice cookers |
| it enables the food to be served the minute it's | | | | come with a rubber pad to stop the pasta sticking to |
| ready. And the quality of ingredients is easier to | | | | the bottom of the rice cooker. If you have one, use |
| verify. Onions and garlic are essential. And mushrooms | | | | it, otherwise don't worry about it. Cover the pasta |
| and bell peppers are excellent vegetables for | | | | with cold water. |
| balancing the meal, both in terms of flavour and | | | | Finely chop the onion and garlic. I used 6 cloves of |
| nutrition. | | | | garlic, and 1.5 onions. Add them to the rice cooker. |
| This delicious pasta dish can be cooked using a rice | | | | Chop the mushrooms into quarters and the bell |
| cooker. It is suitable for people who do not have | | | | pepper into small 1cm squares. If you want a fine |
| hobs at their disposal. For example, I use it in my | | | | sauce, chop the vegetables into even smaller |
| office, where we only have a microwave and rice | | | | portions. Add these to the rice cooker. |
| cooker. | | | | Chop up the tomatoes. There is no need to remove |
| The meal contains a lot of vegetables, and can | | | | the skins as they improve the texture of the final |
| therefore be view as healthy from that point of | | | | result. A tin of tomatos could be use instead or as |
| view. However, I like to add a block of cheese, | | | | well. |
| which you may want to leave out. I also used minced | | | | Season the mixture with salt and pepper. And add |
| beef to add protein. Though I'm trying to cut down | | | | the oregano, basil and vegetable stock. |
| on meat and may leave that out too in the future. | | | | If using cheese, chop it unto 1cm cubes and add it to |
| Ingredients | | | | the mix. |
| Fusilloni Pasta | | | | Finally, add the minced beef. |
| Garlic | | | | Pour over a healthy amount of olive oil and mix up |
| Onion | | | | the food. |
| Basil | | | | Turn on the rice cooker and let it all cook. |
| Oregano | | | | Potential Issues |
| Vegetable Stock | | | | There are a lot of ingredients in this recipe, and |
| Olive Oil | | | | smaller rice cookers may not cope. If the rice cooker |
| Tomato | | | | goes to "keep warm" mode too soon, and the food |
| Mushrooms | | | | obviously isn't cooked yet, then take out half of the |
| Bell Pepper | | | | mixture and continue cooking the remaining half. The |
| Cooking Instructions | | | | removed mixture can be cooked afterwards or |
| Take the minced beef out of the refrigerator about | | | | saved for another day. |
| 30 minutes before you start cooking. Cold mince is | | | | |