What to do with Leftover Rice

My rice cooker works best when I cook at least a cupful of raw rice at a time. It produces more than can be consumed at one meal. It’s good, though, to have some cooked rice on hand. Some ways to use it:

1. Add to soups to bulk them up and make them more satisfying.
2. Add when mixing up a meat loaf to absorb fat and extend the loaf.
3. Mix with an egg or two and fry as like pancakes. Good for breakfast, lunch or supper.
4. Serve up with milk or yogurt, sliced strawberries or blueberries, or with dried cranberries or cherries for breakfast.
5. Top with a curry or stir-fry for a supper dish.
6. Combine with leftover cooked salmon or with a canful of tuna for fish cakes.
 
           Rice Cakes
2 cups cooked brown rice
2 or 3 eggs
¼ teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons minced fresh parsley or 2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
Dash black pepper
Olive oil

With a fork, mix all ingredients except olive oil well. Heat oil in a wide skillet.
Cook as you would ordinary pancakes.
Serve with plum sauce. Or Hoisin sauce if you can’t find plum sauce..

Salmon or Tuna Cakes
            Makes 6
½ cup cooked flaked salmon     or 1 5-oz. can chunk light tuna, broken up
2 eggs, beaten
¼ cup cooked brown rice
2 Tablespoons flour
Dash salt
Dash back pepper
¼ teaspoon dillweed
2 Tablespoons olive oil

Thoroughly mix all ingredients except the oil. Heat oil in a wide skillet. Add fish mixture by tablespoonfuls as you might ordinary pancakes. Cook until edges look done and bottom is brown. Flip. Fry until cooked through.
Serve hot with Hoisin Sauce from Oriental section in supermarket.