Rice/5 recipes

Creamy chicken and rice casserole for two with mushrooms and green pepper in a from-scratch white sauce. No canned soup needed. Bubbly and golden in about an hour.

Oyako donburi (parent-and-child rice bowl) with chicken simmered in homemade stock with mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and carrots, then finished with softly set eggs and green onions over steamed rice.

Seared chicken breast with Mexican ancho mole-orange sauce served alongside okra rice with wild rice, almonds, and cilantro-yogurt finish. Layered weeknight dinner.

Red cabbage slow-braised with toasted caraway seeds, currants, red wine, and vinegar until sweet and tangy. A vegetarian Northern European side that tastes even better the next day.

This fragrant Vietnamese-style seafood soup simmers shrimp, crab, oysters, scallops, and fish in a lemongrass-coconut broth with kaffir lime and a kick of red chili. Ready in 30 minutes flat.

Pantry stir-fry with canned chicken, mushrooms, peas, pimientos, and leftover rice. Ready in 25 minutes from shelf-stable ingredients. The original meal-in-one rescue dinner.

Easy 30-minute vegetarian sloppy joes with pinto beans, brown rice, and smoky barbecue sauce piled on whole grain buns. Messy, filling, and completely meatless.

One-pan herbed brown rice and chicken: chicken breasts simmered with quick-cooking brown rice, peas, thyme, and parmesan. A 30-minute weeknight skillet dinner that cleans up easy.

Rice salad with corn, kidney beans, and bell peppers tossed in a tangy vinegar-horseradish dressing. No-cook, vegetarian, and ready in 15 minutes flat.

Hot and sour tofu soup builds a silky Chinese-style broth with shiitake mushrooms, ginger, garlic, rice vinegar, and chili oil, thickened with cornstarch and finished with green onions.

Classic Chex party mix with mixed cereal, pretzel sticks, and salted nuts baked in melted butter, Worcestershire sauce, and seasoned salt. The original addictive holiday snack mix.

Shrimp and sea scallops steamed with orange juice and rice vinegar, then tossed warm in a citrus-sesame vinaigrette with fresh dill and chives. A light, low-calorie seafood dish that's also diabetic-friendly.

Chinese sesame noodles tossed in a tahini sauce with soy sauce, rice vinegar, chili paste, ginger, and sesame oil. Served with steamed peas and ready in 25 minutes.

Ratatouille and cod stew with eggplant, zucchini, bell pepper, and crushed tomatoes in clam broth. A Provencal-style fish stew loaded with vegetables, served over rice.

Mushroom wild rice chowder with curry, cinnamon, and soy milk, topped with toasted almonds. A dairy-free, warmly spiced chowder that's hearty and ready in 30 minutes.

An East Indian twist on Chinese fried rice, perfect for using up any leftover meat or just go with the veggies.