My family just can’t live without rice so we’ve all developed this habit of cooking rice everyday (even though there’s enough in the refrigerator to feed our neighbors). Yeah, not really a frugal way to live so I looked for ways on how to prolong the life of our rice instead of putting them to rest in the trash.
My husband and daughter both have a sweet tooth that I need to satisfy so I thought, why not make rice pudding out of our leftover rice?
Here’s a recipe I found in the book, “Be Thrifty”:
Ingredients:
Butter for the pan
1 cup cooked medium- or long-grain rice
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
3 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups whole or 2% milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Use an 8-inch square baking dish. Spread butter on the bottom part of the dish then set aside.
2. Combine rice and 1 cup of water. Put the mixture over medium heat and wait until the rice has absorbed the water (about 10 minutes). If there’s some leftover water, drain the rice then set aside.
3. Whisk the eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, sugar and milk. Fold in the rice into the milk mixture then pour into the baking dish.
4. Bake until a knife inserted about an inch from the side of the dish comes out clean. It usually takes around 45 minutes. You can either serve the pudding warm, chilled or at room temperature.
Photo by: rdpeyton