A super-quick, easy dinner for Gdcs when you’ve all been out all day and they’re ‘starving’….

That sounds tasty 😋 especially with the fish fingers...

I’m paranoid about reheating rice.

MayBee70

I’m paranoid about reheating rice.

Me too. I have microwave packets of rice for quick meals. They take 90 seconds in the microwave

I reheat rice for days and have never ever had a problem
Usually cook at least enough for three days sometimes with a day off between My then West Indian mother in law would cook a huge pan and everyone heated it up as and when they came in

If I’m cooking rice in advance I spread the cooked rice on a metal baking tray sat on top of a flat freezer pack. Into the fridge as soon as it’s cold. I’ve been doing it for years and have never had a problem.

Retread

That sounds tasty 😋 especially with the fish fingers...

Just going to say can’t go wrong with fish fingers 😋

MayBee70

I’m paranoid about reheating rice.

Similar to what BlueBelle posted - the waitress we hd every day in Indonesia told us that early every morning she cooked 2 kg of rice, for all her extended family’s meals all day. And somehow I doubt that it was all refrigerated all day.

In a good many places rice is eaten at every meal. A colleague of dd, when she was working in Aceh, Indonesia, told her that she had to have rice at every meal, or she didn’t feel full.

We were with them both one morning when Hariatty, the colleague, stopped our vehicle in order to buy her breakfast from a street vendor. It consisted of sweet sticky rice cooked in coconut milk, served on a large leaf - probably banana.
It cost the equivalent of 2.5p!

When she asked me how much it cost to buy breakfast in England, I hadn’t the heart to tell her that about 100 times that would probably be the cheapest you could possibly get!

MayBee70

I’m paranoid about reheating rice.

So am I.
I ended up in hospital in China on a drip.
And it was my birthday. The Dr said it was probably rice.
I was also ill in Turkey.

Reheated rice is far better for the gut health and blood sugar levels.
You just have to cool it quickly. I cook it in a rice cooker, freeze it in batches, and have done so for many years.

A quick meal is a previously made pasta sauce served with fresh pasta, grated cheese and herbs. On the table in 5 minutes.

The food poisoning events linked to cooked rice have been when large amounts of rice have been cooked and left in a warm place for possibly 2 days, then briefly reheated - mostly Chinese take-aways.
Home cooked rice used same day, as OP has described or kept in fridge for a few days, is very unlikely to cause illness.
The microbe involved, Bacillus cereus , takes time and warm temperature to multiply and produce a toxin.

I never put rice in the fridge just keep it at room temp put a plate over it and it lasts a few days in various dishes
Guess my gut has always been used to it

Cook some pasta and while it's cooking, saute a chopped onion in some oil from a jar of sun- dried tomatoes. Chop up some of the tomatoes and add to the onion. Add some drained chickpeas from a can. Heat. Drain the boiling water from the pasta over a sieve full of baby spinach leaves. Add spinach to pan. Season and stir into the pasta.

Sounds ok but did I misunderstand that you microwave fish fingers? Surely they are oven baked, grilled or fried?

Our two, once teenagers, often had pizza, easy as one is vegetarian and no washing up, plates in dishwasher.

Reheated rice or potatoes are not good for anyone with IBS. hugs

I thought that too Desdemona unless the OP meant air fryer and typed microwave in error.

CocoPops

Cook some pasta and while it's cooking, saute a chopped onion in some oil from a jar of sun- dried tomatoes. Chop up some of the tomatoes and add to the onion. Add some drained chickpeas from a can. Heat. Drain the boiling water from the pasta over a sieve full of baby spinach leaves. Add spinach to pan. Season and stir into the pasta.

A good, healthy meal.

Keep a bag of Sainsbury's Hash Browns in the freezer - they go with anything and are fairly filling on their own.

Yes DianneAngel, it's the 'restricted starch' that happens when you reheat rice and pasta that causes the problem for folk with IBS.
Delicious dishes like ravioli and lasagne are best avoided.

Desdemona

Sounds ok but did I misunderstand that you microwave fish fingers? Surely they are oven baked, grilled or fried?

6 minutes in the microwave is fine.
For the dinner I posted about (for 3 ‘starving’ grandchildren) I can’t be waiting 20minutes plus for anything to cook.

Also, when we’ve been out with them all day, their dinner in just a few minutes means I can sit and relax with a cup of tea/G&T. that much more quickly!

Fry an egg, grate a good handful of cheese, a cple of sliced cherry toms, put the egg, cheese and toms in a wholemeal sandwich and fry on both sides in oil from tomato jar till golden brown..
It's been my go to for most of my life as far back as I can remember. Still love it

Salmon fillets, spread with teriyaki sauce and bake in oven/air fryer. Serve with fresh egg noodles and peas. Lovely.

Bassoues

Fry an egg, grate a good handful of cheese, a cple of sliced cherry toms, put the egg, cheese and toms in a wholemeal sandwich and fry on both sides in oil from tomato jar till golden brown..
It's been my go to for most of my life as far back as I can remember. Still love it

What is the 'oil from a tomato jar? Is it from sundried tomatoes in oil...?

Maremia

Yes DianneAngel, it's the 'restricted starch' that happens when you reheat rice and pasta that causes the problem for folk with IBS.
Delicious dishes like ravioli and lasagne are best avoided.

Isn’t it better for other conditions though eg high cholesterol, diabetes?