Cooking Smart
Food
Serving size (g)
Mushrooms
125
250
Prepare small whole or sliced mushrooms. Do not add any
water. Sprinkle with lemon juice. Spice with salt and pepper.
Drain before serving.
250
Onions
Cut onions into slices or halves. Add only 15 ml (1 tbsp.)
water.
Peppers
250
Cut pepper into small slices.
Potatoes
250
500
Weigh the peeled potatoes and cut them into similar sized
halves or quarters.
Turnip cabbage
250
Cut turnip cabbage into small cubes.
32 English
Cooking time
Standing time
(min.)
(min.)
1-2
3
2-3
4-5
3
4-5
3
4-5
3
7-8
5-6
3
Rice and pasta
Stir from time to time during and after cooking.
Cook uncovered, and close the lid during settling. Then, drain water thoroughly.
•
Rice: Use a large glass Pyrex container with a lid against the rice doubling in
volume.
•
Pasta: Use a large glass Pyrex container.
Serving
Power
Food
size (g)
(W)
250
White rice
800
(parboiled)
375
250
Brown rice
800
(parboiled)
375
Mixed rice
250
800
(rice + wild
rice)
Mixed corn
250
800
(rice + grain)
Pasta
250
800
Cooking
Standing
Directions
time (min.)
time (min.)
Add 500 ml of
17-18
cold water.
5
Add 750 ml of
18-20
cold water.
Add 500 ml of
20-22
cold water.
5
Add 750 ml of
22-24
cold water.
Add 500 ml of
17-19
5
cold water.
Add 400 ml of
18-20
5
cold water.
Add 1000 ml of
10-11
5
hot water.