Easy Pickings
I threw together an interesting dish yesterday that I wanted to share with you. There isn’t an exact science to it, but it was still good! You can alter it to your tastes and even add other stuff, so there is a lot of room for variations and potential!
Rice AlaJyn
Jyn's Rice Meal
First, take a pot and put in about 2-3 cups of water and turn on the stove to a Med-medium High setting.
I cook everything on HIGH so this is quite conservative for me, however I am thinking about your safety here!
In the meantime, crush some savory herbs into the water along with some tarragon, some ginger powder, garlic powder, 1 tbs of sugar and some pepper, 1-2 tbs of chicken boulion and throw in about 1 cup of rice. Bring to a boil. Add a dash of sesame oil, but be careful not to pour a lot in like me. I forget sometimes that it doesn’t have a hole at the top to dash the liquid in and end up pouring it all in >.< .
At this point you can cut up some cubes of ham (which is what I did in the picture) or chicken, beef, etc- or you can add some vegetables such as bamboo shoots, carrot sticks, etc. And let it come to a boil. Cook for about 10 minutes like that and then take a cast iron pan, put it on the top of the pot, and turn off the heat. Im sure you can use a lid- but this did a great job of reflecting the heat back into the pot and I felt cool doing it.
I integrate cast ironware into as much cooking as I can- something about the RAW iron of it that makes you feel special.
From here you let it sit a few minutes, you can peek and stir it until it suits your consistancy, but it doesnt take very long.
My kids have seconds on this dish, and if you put more vegetables in it, it could easily pass as a skillet meal. 
-Jyn
