Pressure Cooker Brown Rice & Veggies By Kim Tilley

I love my pressure cooker! I was afraid to use one at first, but now I could not live without it. Meats cooked in the pressure cooker are similar in texture to crock pot meats, but are done very quickly. There are so many things you can fix in a pressure cooker. You'll be amazed at the amount of time you'll save and how tender meats and beans come out. Click here for our Pressure Cooker Primer and learn all about this invaluable kitchen tool as well as recipes and safety precautions.

1 cup brown rice 2 C chicken stock 1 package (2 oz.) sliced blanched almonds 1/2 C diced carrots 1/2 C diced celery 1/2 C diced green pepper 1/2 C sliced green onion 1 large tomato, peeled, seeded, and chopped 1 1/2 C water 1/4 C chopped parsley

Serves 4 Combine brown rice and 2 cups chicken stock in a metal bowl which fits loosely in a 6-quart pressure cooker. Stir in almonds and vegetables. Place 1 1/2 cups water, cooking rack or steamer basket, and bowl in cooker. Close cover securely. Place pressure regulator on vent pipe. Cook 10 minutes, at 15 pounds pressure, with pressure regulator rocking slowly. Let pressure drop of its own accord. Open cooker and allow rice to steam uncovered 5 minutes. Stir in parsley. Note: For a meatless meal, after cooking, stir in 1/2 pound tofu cut into cubes. Pass hot sauce such as Tabasco®. Fabulous Foods Recommends: Lorna Strass has several books out, including one on vegetarian pressure cooking. She's one of the best pressure cooking cookbook authors that I have seen. Click for more information or to order these great books through Amazon.com. Good luck! Cooking Under Pressure Great Vegetarian Cooking Under Pressure Kim Tilley, a tightwad at heart, is a wife, a mother of three active boys and the founding editor of Frugal-Moms.com. Frugal by force and later by choice, Kim cut her income by 60% to stay at home with her children and discovered that anyone can live better for less. Her work has appeared in print publications such as The Tightwad Gazette. In her free time, she entertains herself by chasing kids and finding ways to create something from nothing!