#BachelorKitchenTip: Rice and Pasta- Always Cook for Two Even When Single

The hassle is not the cooking, but cooking small portions, storing leftovers and eating that the next day; whereas you want to at something new. It’s boring, monotonous and not even healthy.

There is one simple rule to economize the time and avoid wastage in your kitchen: Always Boil Extra Rice and/or Pasta.

You’ll have to do some portioning and storing, but you get variety in your food everyday. When you store boiled rice and pasta in your refrigerator, its shelf-life is longer than a pasta in a sauce or a fried rice with eggs or chicken in it.

It also protects the textural integrity of the pasta or rice grains for future use. If you refrigerate it in a clean, air-tight container, boiled rice and pasta can be stored for three to five days.

The various rice and pasta recipes you can make with simple ingredients at home

The next time you cook for yourself, just double the pasta and rice you boil and save the extra in your fridge.

The Staple in Almost Every Cuisine

Rice is perhaps the most versatile staple since it is used in all kinds of cuisine. It is also easy to cook and store. You simply boil it in water and it can be eaten with lentils or curries. The leftover can be used to make fried rice, lemon rice, or can be eaten with steamed vegetables the next day.

What you can do with leftover rice.

Which Pasta is More Preferable?

Easy: Spaghetti

You can use it to make both Oriental and Italian recipes!

If you save a half of the boiled spaghetti, in your next meal you can actually have a completely new cuisine.

Spaghetti in different recipes.

Recipes will follow in coming posts…