Rice Pudding Stove Top

Rice Pudding

1 cup short grain rice
2 cups water
1 cinnamon stick

1 pat of butter (like a tablespoon)
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup milk
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla (I like the vanilla bean paste)
1/3 cup sugar
1/2ish cups raisins.  I add a bit more personally
Cinnamon to taste

Cook rice with the cinnamon stick.  Bring to boil and then cover and simmer until water is gone It takes about 15 min.
Then add everything else. Stir on med low until thickish and creamy. I like to leave it like the photo because it will continue to thicken after and no one wants dry rice pudding.

Amazing warm or cold

Green chilli chicken quinoa

INGREDIENTS

2 tbs olive oil
1 small onion, minced
1 yellow bell pepper chopped
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1/2 cup sour cream
2 4 oz cans diced green chiles, drained
10 oz diced chicken
Pinch cayenne pepper
2 tsp cumin
Salt and pepper
2 cups shredded cheese
4 cups cooked quinoa

INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
rub olive oil on the sides and bottom of a large casserole dish.
In a large pan over medium-high heat, saute onions and bell peppers with olive oil until they begin to brown. Set aside.
Combine the quinoa, chicken, 3/4 cheese, sour cream, cumin, cayenne, salt, pepper and onion mixture to the casserole dish and combine well.
In a separate bowl, whisk together milk and egg.  Add milk and egg to the rice mixture
Top the casserole with remaining shredded cheese and bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

Mushroom and blackbean "meatballs"

Ingredients:

1 15 ounce can of black beans, drained and rinsed
8 ounces of mushrooms, finely chopped
1/2 cup Italian bread crumbs
1 egg
salt and pepper to taste
fresh parsley for garnish 
handful of cheese optional

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
Place black beans, mushrooms, bread crumbs, egg, salt, pepper and seasonings into large bowl. Mash all ingredients together until thoroughly combined. After chopping the mushrooms I decided to pulse all the ingredients but the egg in the food processor then added the egg. I did half with cheese half without.  Both ways are equally delicious.
Grease muffin tin with olive oil or butter. 
Roll mixture into appropriate size balls and place in muffin tin. 
Bake for approximately 15 min. being careful not to let them dry out. 
Remove from oven and serve along with your choice of sauce. (i prefer them plain myself with no sauce)
Garnish with parsley to make it pretty 
I used my mini muffin pan but you could easily use a large muffin tin or cookie sheet. Adjust cook time if  you make them large though. Mine were tablespoonish sized.