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New Recipes from Your Rice Cooker (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks)

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This book is nothing compared to Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann book. This one leans more towards convenience but most of the recipes in here you can find in other variations online. There is nothing inventive about it. Beware, this book is a barely updated version of Simmon's other book "Versatile Rice Cooker". I bought both thinking they were different, but they are almost exactly the same.

The description of this book should have said something about what size rice cooker all the recipes are for. Once I started reading the book, I discovered all the recipes are made for an 8-10 cup cooker. I would not have purchased the book if I had known this. I bought a 3-cup cooker when I bought this book, and I can't figure out how to scale down the recipes to fit in my cooker. So, the book is basically useless to me.

This is a terrific companion for your rice cooker (get a large one at least 8-10 cup capacity.) Wide variety of recipes, such as Potato and Leek Soup, Savory Sausage and Rice, Chicken with Orange and Black Beans, and Poached Apples. The first chapter is fantastic for students or travelers: all the recipes for that chapter assume you do not have a stove or refrigerator. Everything I've cooked has been delicious.

The answer is, of course not! But, if I hadn't gotten this book, I would not have known. There's a recipe for rice cooker apple juice oatmeal, which my family just loves. Tastes like dessert. There's all kinds of steamed vegetables, with times and how to cook. Other grains recipes. Delicious rice recipes. If you're getting a rice cooker, I'd suggest you get this book.