Cooking brown rice is so easy in your Zojirushi or Sakura rice cookers, although it takes longer to cook we think the wait is worth it! Nutritious… Before white rice went through the milling process, it looked exactly like brown rice. Brown rice (unlike white rice) still has the side hull and bran on the grain. This hull and bran ...

A delicious side dish or an easy lunch to pop in your bento to take with you anywhere. It’s good eaten hot or cold and variations in beans and veg can be made to suit any taste! Serve straightaway or set aside and cool. This salad keeps in the fridge for 2-3 days in an airtight tupperware. ...

The jalapeno chillies give a lovely smokey but subtle spicy flavour and cooking it in your rice cooker makes it even easier!A great side dish which is vegetarian and vegan – best of all your leftovers can be used the next day to make ‘Mexican fried rice’, just fry in the same way you would normal cold rice and it’s ...

This is a flavorful rice dish with spinach, artichokes, and sun dried tomatoes with seasoned brown rice. It’s great as a meal or as a side dish. Have leftovers? Pack it for your next day’s lunch. ...

Here at Yum Asia we just launched the Zojirushi BB-HAQ10 Breadmaker to our UK and European customers so let’s look at how bread is made in a bread machine. Use Fresh Ingredients First, prepare fresh ingredients. Quality of the finished bread will depend on ingredients used. Avoid mixing in old or stale ingredients.       Attach Blades Blades are ...

Here at Yum Asia we just launched the Zojirushi BB-HAQ10 Breadmaker to our UK and European customers so let’s start looking at more about Bread. Choosing the right grain Before we even begin to explain about flour, we must look at what makes the right grain for the job, be it for breadmaking, cakemaking or anything in between. So, what ...

A versatile dish which can either be served with rice or potatoes. Warming but not too spicy paprika and jalapenos give this dish a bit of heat. ...

We love our chilli con carne, a perfect mix of savoury, meaty and tomato flavour. It’s a bit more complicated with several ingredients compared to our other recipes but it makes at least 4 good portions so you can freeze individual portions for another time. Trust us – it’s well worth the effort! Our top tip – adding a couple ...

Always start with clean fresh water and it helps to have a water heater that can maintain the proper temperature for you at all times – like the Zojirushi CV-CSQ30 VE Hybrid water heater (see the pictures below) or the Zojirushi CV-DSQ40 VE Hybrid water heater. For delicious tea on the go and kept hot (or cold!), try a thermal ...

It is thought that tea originated in China during the Shang Dynasty as a medicinal drink and was first introduced to Portuguese priests and merchants in China during the 16th century. Drinking tea became popular in Britain during the 17th century and the British introduced tea to India, in order to compete with the Chinese monopoly on tea. Tea has ...