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25 Rice based Recipes from top UK food bloggers to celebrate National Rice Week 2017. Whether you’re looking for inspo to use up leftovers, rustle up a quick midweek meal, or discover a new go-to salad there’s something for you below.
Rice Rice Baby! We're slap bang in the middle of National Rice Week which this year runs from 18th to 24th September 2017. It really is a staple in my cooking repertoire. A quick check in my pantry and I've currently got seven types. Basmati, Pudding, Spanish Paella, Basmati & Wild, Arborio Risotto, Sushi and Brown Basmati. That's not including the pouches of ready cooked in both my freezer and cupboard. In Britain, we now eat five times more rice per person than we did forty years ago and consumption is still on the rise as more of us enjoy its taste, versatility and take advantage of convenient microwaveable packs. (I will put my hands up an admit that when I first spotted packs of precooked rice in the shops I was a total food snob about them and thought it was something that I'd never use. How wrong was I?! I am a total convert.)
This year’s National Rice Week is focusing on the versatility of rice. This single ingredient can be eaten hot or cold, sweet or savoury and can be enjoyed as a breakfast, lunch, dinner, or pudding. My roundup below comprises of 25 Rice based Recipes from top UK food bloggers. Whether you’re looking for inspo to use up leftovers, rustle up a quick midweek meal, or discover a new go-to salad there’s sure to be something for you below. Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom of the post for all the fantastic Rice Pudding variants. But before the recipes I'm a sucker for factoids so here's five things you may not know about rice. Number five is my favourite...
- Rice is the main food for half the worlds population
- Rice is cultivated on every continent except Antarctica
- There are over 29,000 grains in one pound of long grain rice
- Rice is the symbol of life and fertility, which is why it is thrown at weddings
- The Chinese word for rice is the same as their word for food
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OMG what an amazing round up Claire - I'm off to pin this one for later.
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I love rice, so versatile, as your collection of recipes shows. Am bookmarking many of these!
ReplyDeleteRice is such a wonderfully versatile ingredient, isn't it! It can be used is so many sweet and savoury dishes. Gorgeous round up this, thanks for including my sushi! :D
ReplyDeleteWonderful roundup! I will try the Singapore Laksa fried rice.
ReplyDeleteThis post is like my idea of food heaven - the African in me lives, breaths, sleeps, eats rice.
ReplyDeleteSuch a great roundup of amazing rice recipes!
ReplyDeleteA great round up of some fabulous rice dishes. Rice is so versatile, and so many different ways of using it.
ReplyDeleteLovely roundup! Lots of delicious dishes that I'll have to try. Thanks for putting it together!
ReplyDeleteWhat am amazing selection of rice recipes! I'm the sort of person who could eat rice every day and will happily make fried rice into a whole meal.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to have to have rice for supper tonight. What a lovely thought :D
ReplyDeleteSo much rice inspiration! The rice pouches in the store cupboard are a godsend. Look forward to trying lots of these recipes out!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous and inspiring selection of recipes! Thank you for including one of mine! :)
ReplyDeleteFantastic roundup Claire - love them all but I think my favourite has to be the Baked Chicken Jollof Rice - YUM!! Thanks so much for including my Biryani :-) Now of to share this post everywhere :-D Eb x
ReplyDeleteA great round up and so many fabulous rice dishes to try. Thank you for including on of mine in the bunch. I want to try the chicken in lemony rice and the rice pudding trifles first
ReplyDeleteSo many delicious rice dishes, there are so many I want to try! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
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