Rice/9 recipes

No-bake date and nut balls combine simmered dates, candied cherries and butter with rice cereal and walnuts, rolled in coconut. A retro Christmas cookie tray classic from the 1950s.

Sweet and tangy tuna luau simmered with pineapple tidbits, brown sugar, vinegar, and green pepper strips served over hot rice. A tropical-inspired skillet dinner in 45 minutes.

Roasted Cornish hens stuffed with brown rice, pineapple, currants, and macadamia nuts, basted in a sweet red pepper jelly glaze with crystallized ginger. A showpiece dinner for entertaining.

Chinese steamed spareribs with fermented black beans, ginger, garlic, and rice wine. Pork ribs cut into bite-sized pieces and steamed until fall-apart tender in about an hour.

A gluten-free steamed bread made with amaranth flour, brown rice flour, oats, dried apricots, and ground almonds, sweetened with molasses. Dense, moist, and naturally wheat-free.

Pad Thai the authentic way: softened rice noodles wok-tossed with garlic, shrimp, egg, fish sauce, peanuts, bean sprouts, and green onions, finished with a squeeze of lime. Street-food speed in under 15 minutes.

Yemenite stuffed cantaloupe with sautéed chicken, rice, scallions, and lemon juice baked until tender for a showstopping sweet-savory meal.

Honey up your day with this succulent dish that is perfect to serve when guests are coming over for dinner.

Polygrain pilaf with brown rice, kasha, millet, and arame seaweed baked in vegetable stock. Topped with steamed carrots, peas, and daikon for a hearty vegan grain bowl.

Seared bay scallops in a reduced grapefruit-butter sauce, plated in the center of a vegetable fried rice ring with snow peas and red pepper. Restaurant-style citrus-seafood dinner.

Vegan baked fruit curry with apples, peaches, raisins, eggplant, and zucchini over brown rice, finished with peanuts and sliced bananas. A sweet-savory Indian-inspired one-dish dinner.

Golden skewered chicken strips with a rich peanut-hoisin dipping sauce and brown rice. This easy chicken satay goes from skillet to table in just 15 minutes.

Aunt Salli's Classic creamy rice pudding topped with whipped cream.

Hawaiian venison: sweet-and-sour stir fry with cubed deer steak, green bell peppers, pineapple chunks, and a tangy pineapple-soy sauce. A clever way to cook the deer in the freezer.

Microwave beef and snow pea stir-fry with cauliflower, green pepper, and a soy-cornstarch sauce served over rice. An Asian-inspired weeknight dinner made entirely in the microwave.

Mushroom chicken rice casserole bakes leftover cooked chicken, rice, mushrooms, milk, and pimentos into a 30-minute weeknight dinner topped with melted cheese. The five-ingredient leftover-cleanup that turns Sunday's roast into Monday's hot dish.