"Single and senseless" cookbook review plus peas and carrot rice recipe

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Sharon Fisher, a 45-year-old divorced woman with two grown kids, has decided to publish her own cookbook via Niv Books publishing.

Sharon has a bachelor's degree in management and economics and a certificate as an interior designer and a pastry chef.

She decided to write a "single and senseless" cookbook after her acquaintance with divorced men.
However, Sharon's cookbook addresses more than just that specific audience.

"Single and senseless," which I for some reason always want to say "Ex with no sense," contains about 45 easy-to-make basic recipes, and addresses those who don't know their way around a kitchen;

Whether those are divorced fathers who now need to handle food preparation for their children, women who just don't know how to cook or anyone that has two left hands when it comes to the kitchen.

I got to review the "Single and senseless" cookbook, and I decided to try two recipes. The first recipe is rice with peas and carrot, and the second is potatoes salad.
I made the potato salad with the ingredients I had at home and according to our flavor, but I definitely based the recipe on Sharon's potato salad, and it was just delicious.

Making rice is quite a fundamental thing. However, some people struggle with it. Sharon recommends in her book to use rinsed basmati rice. However, I personally used white Persian rice without rinsing (just because that is the type of rice we usually have at home).

I often make white rice quite similar to the recipe in the book, but with slight changes (less oil, and the addition of black pepper). However, I decided to make the recipe almost as is, and the carrot and peas rice came out fantastic. Maybe the one thing I would change was adding black pepper. You can find the full recipe ahead.

If you know your way in the kitchen, and I don't mean opening the fridge and grabbing a store-bought lunch that only needs a microwave, or know how to make the basics, then this book won't teach you much. It is adjusted for those that the only thing that they somehow know how to make is an omelet.

The cookbook contains a variety of salads, pasta with different dressings, rice with various additions, fish dishes such as teriyaki salmon, chicken, and meat such as Indian chicken, minced beef with tahini, chicken in prunes and a small collection of cakes and desserts.

"Single and Senseless" offers 96 colorful pages with about 45 recipes at a recommended retail price of 119 NIS. You can find it in the online bookstores or the publishing website: https://nivbook.co.il

This recipe of carrot and peas rice is a great healthy meal for vegans, vegetarians, and basically, everyone that loves rice.




Ingredients for rice with diced carrot and peas:
Measurements were made using Universal cups and spoons
3 Tbsp. canola oil (I used olive oil)
1 large onion, chopped
1 cup Basmati rice, rinsed (I used White Persian rice, not rinsed)
2 Cups hot water
1 flattened Tbsp. salt (I used about 2 and 1/2 teaspoons)
1 can of diced carrots and peas (weight: 550 gram/19.4 oz. before straining), drained from liquids

Preparation:
Preheat oil in a pot. Once the oil is hot, add in the onion and rice and fry for about 2 minutes on medium heat, mix occasionally. Add in 2 cups of hot water, the diced can of peas and carrot, and salt, stir, and bring to a boil.

Once boiling, lower the heat to low heat and cook for 20 minutes with a lid. Once over, turn off the heat and let sit for extra 5 minutes with the top and then mix and serve.