In collaboration with Veetee.
So, rice is just rice, is it?
Rice is one of the world’s greatest staple foods. Its many different varieties feed billions of people every single day. Veetee, one of the largest rice suppliers in the UK, have a sole mission to show the UK consumer just how versatile rice can be.
They make a wide range of dry and microwave heat-and-eat rice in various flavours, and they’ve just come out with a brand new cookery book too – a collection of recipes with hints and tips to help with whatever life throws your way.
This recipe book is not available to buy in store; it’s only available through selected blogger giveaways.
VEETEE GIVEAWAY
Veetee have kindly offered one of my UK readers to win a wicker hamper full of their lovely rice (plus two adorable ceramic rice serving bowls) and one of their cookbooks, plus five cookbooks for five second prizes. The total prize value is approximately £50. To enter, simply fill out the Rafflecopter entry form below!
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I make a spicy veggie rice that has peanut butter in it – sounds odd but it’s tasty!
Brown rice with chicken pieces, peppers and lots and lots of carrots 🙂
I love rice!! 😀 xx
I love to do some crispy bacon, fresh pineapple and some peas mixed in with rice and soy sauce!
rice with spring onion,tuna peas and sweetcorn always a favoutite at parties
I love savoury rice, peppers, mushrooms, onion, corn and perhaps an egg depending on accompaniments.
I just like it simple, with a few peas, boiled.
We love egg fried rice I usually add it and mix it with a chicken stir fry with lots of soy sauce
I like adding a beaten egg, splash of Worcester sauce peas, red peppers and mushrooms and a half teaspoon of honey , then fry until egg is cooked
Im a big fan of a good stir-fry! Chicken veggies, rice and some soy sauce simple and tasty!
Lots of soy sauce and veg!
I love to add paprika to my rice
I frequently add smoked paprika and garlic to rice, I like a bit of flavour in my food.
I always add some frozen peas when cooking rice. No extra work involved and helps towards your 5 a day!
Add some spices, onions, peppers, chorizo and chicken
I love all rice dishes. This competition has just reminded me of a cheap, tasty rice dish I used to make in my student days….brown ricem a boiled egg chopped up, tuna and worcester sauce….was far tastier than it sounds 🙂
I love to mix rice with little pieces of spicy chorizo sausage 🙂
I like a salad/rice combination – chopped cucumber, fresh tomatoes & grated cheese mixed into the rice.
l add soy sauce sweetcorn and peppers with a bit of chili sauce
We like to make egg fried rice with any of our leftover meats
I love to mix it with a little BBQ sauce to add some flavour!
I add any left over vegetables and some sweet chilli sauce.
Well I don’t imagine many will want to copy this but I love rice with peas, tinned tuna and salad cream with a big twist of black pepper!
I love making greek lamb, in a casserole dish with tomatoes, potatoes and lots of herbs.
Just add steamed vegetables and scrambled egg.
I just add left overs chicken veg bacon anything really
I love to mix in onions and herbs and halloumi yummy yum
I like to add nuts to rice, gives a nice taste and adds a bit of a texture too!
I make a chicken fried rice with veggies I need to use up.
I love jambalaya the chorizo oils leak into the rice to give it a sweet smoky flavour
I like rice with chopped up vegetables sprinkled with hot chilli powder and a drizzle of soy sauce… I could get buckets of it!
i like to add in peas, mushrooms and small pieces of bacon
My favourite meal with rice has to be rice with vegetables as we eat it so much in our house and haven’t got bored of it yet.
Chilli oil, garlic, mushrooms or eggs from out own free range pet hens are all favourites here.
A little bit of chilli with veg! yum!
I enjoy arborio rice with smoked salmon, dill and asparagus, so tasty…
We love putting tuna in our ours it tastes so lovely have it atleast a couple of times every month
I like to use rice to make chicken and chorizo jambalaya
I like adding a variety of vegetables such as peas and sweetcorn and spinach to bulk it up
I love rice and cheese sauce, I table spoon of corn flour 1 pint of milk mix the corn flour with a little milk add the rest of the milk and microwave until milk comes to the boil stirring every 2 minutes. Once boiled add 125g of strong cheese and stir, then poor over the rice.
A little bit of chilli works well to spice things up
Jazz up rice by adding saffron or cardamon to the cooking water
My son will only eat plain rice. So I jazz up our portions with a spoonful of curry paste, pomegranate seeds and chopped veg!
I love rice, my favourite way to use it is in kedgeree , it’s a really tasty family favourite that’s easy to make.
I jazz up my rice by adding a couple of eggs to make a nice egg fried rice
Egg fried rice
I haven’t cooked it for a while, but my mum and I used to have fried rice fairly often when I was a child, with bacon, peas, and any other leftovers that my mum could throw in!
I love making a kedgeree. Make sure smoked haddock and soft-boiled egg is just delicious
I like to add whatever needs using up in the fridge, the odd small pepper, half an onion, a little tomato puree – sometimes i find the best meals are made using the fridge bits!
I tend to chop chilli’s into it just to give it a kick.
Egg fried rice
My kids love it when I make egg fried rice.
No special recipes as such, but I like to add hot sauce and peppers
Add some bacon bits and soy sauce and serve cold with the salad at barbecues
Cooking rice in stock, vegetable or chicken adds a little extra to some meals
I like to add spices to my rice, the boys love it
Peppers, corn and a spiced seasoning is my way to jazz up the rice
I just add vegetables and soy sauce.
I love an authentic sea food paella, made in a traditional paella pan
Rice is so versatile, jazz it up with fresh or leftover veg and meat and using different spices/sauces you can have a different flavour every time.
My kids like it simply with eggs and soy sauce, for a basic egg fried rice.
we love Chinese style egg-fried rice!
I just add lots of veg like, sweetcorn, peppers, carrots and peas. And I boil it in either veg or chicken stock for flavour.
I put cumin seeds and peas in mine, or turmeric, cinnamon, cloves and cardamon.
We make Caribbean rice so we add peas to it to create a delicious rice and peas
I love jazzing up rice with a bit of hoisin sauce, red peppers, onions and mushrooms. Makes a very tasty dish!
I like to add some peppers and peas to rice
I like to add mixed veg and spices to my rice.
I add a half a lemon in with the rice when it’s cooking – quick squeeze and then just drop it in.
I add eggs, soy sauce and peas to my rice to make my own egg fried rice.
peppers and chilli and a bit of spice to my rice
I love to add mushrooms to my rice. Thank you for the lovely giveaway xxx
I add peppers, peas and sweetcorn to my rice.
I like to put dill weed in my rice ,cheers for super chance
We all love Risibisi a risotto dish with peas, ham and parmesan cheese
My husband does the most amazing rice with egg, peas and sweetcorn. Heaven.
I jazz my rice up with cardamom pods, turmeric & cloves- yummy!
I like to add chicken, peas and condensed chicken soup. It’s delicious
Also with my new found friend Fry Light, I’ve won the battle with my wok so additional rice dishes are easy.
I’m aiming to live a healthier lifestyle. It’s taken me a while to master perfectly cooked brown rice off the hob. Now it’s a daily lunch box staple. Got around 6 different rice dishes that form the bulk of my weekly meals. Quick, simple and tasty.
I add lots of vegetables into it and sometimes some egg. It is nice plain though with curry or chilli. Sometimes we add mixed beans in it like the Caribbean dishes to add some protein and texture.
Well I’m not much of a cook, which is why I love pre-cooked rice, but I do enjoy a good risotto.
I add onions,peas, peppers,sweetcorn and any leftover veg
Egg fried rice with some peas
I love making my own egg fried rice with peas, ham and sweetcorn!
my other half makes the most amazing spicy egg fried rice
Cajan Seasoning is my my favourite way to spice up plain rice
When having it with chicken I like to put some chopped up tomatoes in it and mix it with some salad cream.
My little girls are very fussy eater but she love rice with frozen peas and sweet corn
we like to experiment with spices when it comes to rice.
Love adding fresh peas
i like adding fresh herbs dried fruit peas and corn and nuts thankyou
I like to do risotto rice in vegetable stock and add smoked haddock with peas and poached egg.
love cooking with rice. i add some small pieces of chopped peppers to make tasty meals
I add my ready-made spice mixes for a quick, easy twist.
I mix it with mange tout
Egg fried rice is my favourite rice dish, but I also like mixing chopped peppers in plain rice.
I like to add some egg & seafood & maybe a little chilli
I think sushi vinegar is always good. I like the sound of the rice hamper giveaway sounds delicious!
with olives
Egg fried rice, yum.
We usually add in a cinnamon stick when cooking, delish!
I love to jazz my rice up with smoked haddock & weg 🙂
Leftover Bolognese sauce added to parboiled rice and then steamed to fully cook the rice is delicious.
A tiny bit of mayo. I absolutely love rice with mayo!
I like adding peppers and vegetable stock to season.
A little bit of sushi vinegar is always nice. Gives it a slightly sweet tang.
I always add some crushed nuts to my rice and fried spices
I love to add vegetables and soy sauce, I love the flavor
I add a couple of squirts of sweet chilli sauce, I love it!
Sometimes I crumble veg stock into rice – adds a nice flavour, especially with beef.
Leftover veggies and tamari x
Mix a teaspoon of tandoori powder and a tin of mackerel in a bowl, add chopped spring onion and sweet corn. Finally add cooled rice, fold in and serve.
I love fried rice and Briyani I try and cook all the variety of fried rice and different type of briyani. Yum yum
Cooked in chicken stock, then add lots of grated courgette, grated carrot and chopped chicken and apricots, spices, a few spoons of apricot juice and sprinkled with sliced almonds. Delicious and quick.
I love to add paprika to rice to give it more flavour
I mix chopped veg or salad with rice
W make Spicy Rice .. lots of veggies and chillies
I love to add onions, mixed vegetables and mushrooms to rice
Favourite recipe is a chicken curry, always looking for ways to jazz it up though think I’ll be trying some of Veetee’s stuff now.
I love to make tomato pesto rice with sun dried tomato pesto, chopped onion and garlic. It’s so tasty and goes well with lots of things especially quorn fillets which we like.
Add Parmesan cheese, sauteed garlic, mushrooms, peppers, onions, etc, toasted peanuts or cashews, black beans or crumbled bacon
I’m a useless cook this would be passed on to my son
I like to use some coconut milk when boiling rice then mixing in some peppers and mushrooms
i always add tumeric to give it colour and like adding chopped veg too
Homemade fried rice with lots of vegetables, chicken and abit of pineapple!
I like to have Chinese special stir fried rice with pork, beef, king prawns, shrimp, egg and peas.
I like adding some colourful vegetables like peppers, carrots and peas
I add a good mix of vegetables to plain rice and sometimes I add some soy sauce too.
I like putting a spoonful of pesto and sundried tomatoes through mine to make a lovely simple rice salad
I add lots of veg and boil it with fresh herbs and spices
I like adding chicken, vegetables, and a sauce (including soy sauce, orange juice, and ginger).
egg fried rice!
I wish I knew lots of ways, I just use eggs with rice
I sometimes make a Persian rice cake from the Veggistan book – takes ages but worth it!
egg fried, veggie rice. I add a lot of fresh veggies and fry them gently together.
I like the way my Jamaican friends make rice and peas.
Rice, so versatile, so nice, so never without it.
With saffron and a light curry.
i love fried rice – especially egg fried rice – its so nice!
Adding nandos peri peri medium sauce to Mexican rice
I used them in stuffed peppers, yummy
I love to use left over rice in vegan burritos; i add garlic and onion, chilli powder and kidney beans then it’s lovely in warm tortillas x
I love to add a garlic sauce
I tend to add a stock cube to give it flavour then top with little peppers stuffed with goats cheese
egg fried rice using our own very free reign chicken eggs
I like to fry an onion in just a little butter, then stir in the rice, followed by the water and a stock cube
I make a fried rice with prawns and chicken. It’s a recipe passed to me by my dad.
I love to make a coconut rice to accompany curries cooked up with coconut milk, a little water and cardomom pods with fresh coriander chopped through once done.
We love using whats left in the fridge and make an egg fried rice
On the side of a homemade curry!
I like rice with a lovely sweet and sour chicken dish.
I like rice with a lovely sweet and sour chicken dish
Love to serve up rice with one of my lovely home made curries
Stir fry it with red onion, pepper, baby corn and mange tour with a splash of chilli sauce
I love making Quick Cinnamon Butter Fried Rice with Grilled Sardines which I got from a blog
We love risottos, my favourite is pumpkin risotto..it’s delicious!!
my husband is the rice king, he has a very precise way of cooking it and he adds loads of lovely fresh ingredients and spices. It’s always lovely
I like to add my favourite spices, cumin, cardamon, bay leaf etc. I like to garnish biryanis with fried onions and fresh mint leaves.
I like adding some roasted veg to my rice or ratatouille
I love rice in a wok with egg, spring onion, bacon, peas and a splash of soy.
making egg fried rice and adding whatever i have in the fridge
Adding a nice big dollop of British Butter a la James Martin always does the trick for me. x
I use rice to jazz up leftovers- just throw in any meat (preferably chicken) add any vegetables to a frying pan of rice that has been fried in oil and add seasoning. Especially onions, garlic, season all
I love rice especially with lots of vegetables, I sometimes have egg with it too!
I love rice and eat it in so many ways but my favourite is mixing it with lots of herbs, vegatables and a lump of butter
Since my daughter became vegan we make rice with lentils and vegetables and it tastes very good.Thank you for the chance
rice with nice sprinkling of frozen peas is really nice :-))
I like added lots of vegetables to mine with lots of spices
I love to cook my rice in coconut milk or stock for extra flavour
some chopped onions and mix in some peppers and a hint of Chilli oil
i like to add lots of different veg, esp roasted veg 🙂
We love rice, it’s so versatile. My kids like my egg fried rice and I add lots of extras to it such as sweet corn, spring onions, beansprouts and mushrooms!
I softly fry some chopped onions and mix them into boiled rice. Delicious on it’s own!
I fry it in coconut oil, with some spanish sausage, peppers, onions, peas, spinch etc
I always use a can of Campbells cream of mushroom soup in my rice and it’s always a fave in our house
To jazz up plain boiled rice I add some chilli powder with a touch of ginger
love it with hot curry and chicken and veg
Make it into chicken fried rice with peas and egg and soya sauce
I like my rice with Beef and Vegetable over it .
Egg fried rice… add onions, peas and eggs to plain rice.
I don’t like to jazz rice up at all. I like just plain boiled rice, with whatever dish I am having it with. (Usually curry or chilli)
I love to jazz up rice by making a risotto – but I am also partial to homemade rice pudding
add spices and seasonings, including cumin and chilies
I love to make a risotto, I learned the recipe in school and have always remembered and loved it, plenty of garlic!
oh i like my rice with butter, kimchi, with meatballs and chicken, anything can work really
I cook it in chicken stock, adds so much flavour to it, then I mix it with stir fried veggies, chicken and egg.
cook with chicken stock, or add some curry powder. enjoyed reading some of these suggestions as well
I jazz up my rice with chillis and sea salt.
I eat a lot of rice as I am glutenfree. Favourite ways include chopping up walnuts, cucumber, tomato etc. and stirring it through rice with extra virgin olive oil. I also like it with salmon and mixed vegetables.
I love to make a healthy pilau, with chicken stock and plenty of spices!
we like to have honey roasted tofu with rice
Stir fry some scrambled eggs, chicken and onions with the rice
Add finely chopped vegetables but don’t forget to add some jalapenos…
I absolutely LOVE rice, so this really would be a perfect prize for me!
we add different spices to the rice to make it less boring a taste
i add onion sweetcorn and a splash of cumin
i love to make my own egg fried rice ,sesame oil peas soy sauce veetee is fab and quick to use for this i use it every time
I like it with peas, sweetcorn and a little bit of vinegar. It makes a great BBQ side
My favorite rice dish is Chicken & chorizo paella
Cook rice in light coconut milk with 1/2 tsp each of ground allspice, salt, dried thyme and a pinch of ground cloves – we call it Caribbean Rice
We like brown rice with mushrooms and peas added, then we like to put soy sauce on too
I jazz my rice up by adding dessicated coconut and a little tumeric, when having alongside curries, so delicious x
I love to add a nice sauce and seasonings
a bit of soy sauce
I love lots of parmasan and coriander with my rice
I love rice with quirk pieces and cheese! Unusual but so tasty!
i put saffron and red onion mixed with garlic
So many different ways to cook rice – add peas and sweetcorn to boiled rice, or make a risotto or paella 🙂
We always add to a spicy sauce such as chilli or curry and I like adding a bit of chilli to my rice to give it a kick
When I cook rice, I always mix it with some coleslaw, It just taste so good! It makes a mini rice salad,a dn I am obsessed!
I do a dish with brown rice – fry and egg, add cooked rice, peas (or spinach) toasted peanuts and soya sauce – simple but very tasty
Cook it in a weak chicken stock solution instead of water
Chicken Biryani, it is great for using up veg
I like to add lots of garlic, peppers, tomatoes and sweet corn
I cook it in vegetable stock, always add in some onions, peppers, mushrooms and chilli! It comes out full of flavour and tasting delicious
i usually do egg fried rice and add some prawns to it
add peppers and onion or egg fried rice of course
I Like to add soy and fresh king prawns and beansprouts makes a lush refreshing and healthy meal x
I like to add peas to my rice with some of my favourite herbs to jazz it up a bit – delicious!
I love making a kedgeree with rice as whole family eat it
My favourite way to jazz up rice is with a good dollop of butter and some sweet corn.
i like to add lots of veggies and herbs depending on the meal i am making that day,we also like to use natural colourings and make rainbow rice its so pretty and the kids love it
I love making my own paella with chicken, peas, prawns and chorizo
My kids’ favourite is tomato pilaff – very quick and easy to make (and uses everyday store cupboard ingredients) but goes down very well every time
I love rice, specially short grain, for salads or with sauces. I also love short grain brown rice, I love having it cold with tuna and some veg and dressing it with a bit of oil and soy sauce, yum!
my kids love making rainbow rice with whatever veggies we have in, ts a great way to get them eating more beg as wll
I add lots of veg to my rice and any leftover meat or fish ..makes a nice midweek meal
I love spicy rice. Chilli flakes, garlic and onions. My favourite xx
I love stir frying veg with lots of soy sauce, then I have that with veetee jasmine rice and put a poached egg on top of the rice with the yolk all running through the rice……absolutely delicious!!!
I love adding an onion, chillies, mixed peppers together with spice for rice!
I love rice with fried onions and black beans mixed in.
I like to eat rice with bacon
Wow love rice
i like putting peas in my rice x
I like to fry my rice off in coconut oil and add peppers and onions to it
Our family loves rice, I’m a huge fan of making sushi rolls with my children. We love trying different veg and things in them
use it in soups , add sauces
We add stock, spice and whatever veg we have in the fridge
I like a Spanish rice dish that I got from a Spanish friend, that includes lots of saffrom and vegetables.
I love putting rice with stew instead of having bumplings it makes aq lovely change & tastes fab 🙂
I love it made into a rough approximation of the Chinese style Fried Rice we used to love when we lived in Hong Kong – I cook onions, bacon and ginger, add some peas and cooked rice and a splash of soy sauce, then when it’s all piping hot I scramble a couple of eggs into it.
I like to cook it fairly simply with some chinese vegetables and maybe a splash of soy sauce to top it off. Yum!
We eat lots of rice in our house. I usually add pea, sweetcorn, diced carrots to rice to serve as a side dish or the kids like to eat it as a meal if I add the veg along with some tuna!
My family are mad about rice. I have three teenagers and they eat it for lunch, dinner. They get very creative adding veggies and occasionally cheese. I love Veetee rice and the hamper and cookbooks sound amazing.
I like to use rice in one pot meals and my mum makes a lovely rice pudding with evaporated milk