Hillbilly R(ice) Cream

Leftover rice, what do you do with it?

In my never ending quest to eat rice in something new, I created a type of cheap and easy ice cream or ice milk if you will.

2 cups cooked rice (can be leftover)
1/3 cup milk
1/4 cup raisins
2 tablespoons vanilla flavoring
3 tablespoons sugar

In a small bowl mix everything together. This should look a bit a thick. After everything is well blended, taste it and alter to your liking. Take a fork and start mashing. The goal is break some of the rice down into a paste. Stir it all again and stick in the freezer.

You will freeze for about 20-30 minutes, making sure you stir every 10 minutes. If you freeze it too long, you will get a glob of frozen rice (YUK). You want it to begin setting up, while at the same time staying loose enough to eat with a spoon.

When it has frozen to the consistency you like, dish it up and serve it. You can garnish with a sprinkling of chocolate powder or sprinkles.

My suggestion would be to mix this up after supper and let it freeze while you are cleaning up the kitchen. Then when you are done, this will be done and you can have a treat for cleaning the kitchen up that night, instead of the next morning. I know you are guilty, aren't we all!

All the best!

Easy Bread Pudding

Anytime I think of bread pudding, I always see the stuff on buffets that is made from white bread and is always so soggy and gross.

I have made one that was actually good. This morning I made homemade biscuits for breakfast. As usual we had some left over, so instead of giving them to the dog, I made a bread pudding.

Take your smallest crock pot and line the bottom with leftover biscuits, add 1 to two tablespoons of honey over the biscuits. Spread 1/3 cup raisins over biscuits. Turn it on low heat.

In a large mixing cup, add two cups milk (I used reconstituted), add two tablespoons vanilla flavor, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 tablespoon sugar. Whisk to blend. Add 3/4 cup coconut and whisk again. Pour this over the biscuits.

Cook for about 1 hour on low and check. The biscuits will absorb the liquid and everything will become thick. This came out with a custard consistency and was very good.

The OHGTT has approved this dish, even though she was skeptic of it. Her exacts words were "The flavor is great". The OHGTT in training absolutely loved it and while only 7 months old she said "gggggggggggejjjjjjkasssssssssjdkhwiqu". Which loosely translates to "GIVE ME MORE!" I expect within in a year, she will be the new OHGTT. :)

I am also interested in trying this with fruit. I believe that if you leave out the coconut and raisins, yet add blueberries, strawberries or peaches it would be great. Should any of you decide to try a variation, please keep me informed.

All the best!