My $15 rice cooker changed my meal prep game completely

I picked up a basic 3-cup rice cooker from a thrift store about two months ago for 15 bucks. Before that I was doing rice in a pot on the stove and it came out mushy or burnt half the time. Now I just dump in rice and water, press a button, and walk away while it does its thing. The difference is night and day - fluffy rice every single time with zero effort. I've been using it for batch cooking on Sundays to stretch my groceries further. A $4 bag of rice plus some frozen veggies and eggs makes like 6 meals for under a buck each. Has anyone else found a cheap kitchen tool that totally changed how you eat on a budget?

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maxm501mo ago

Dude I read rice cookers are basically impossible to mess up, best bang for your buck ever.

the_claire1mo agoTop Commenter

And honestly once you figure out the water to rice ratio you can just set it and forget it, perfect rice every single time without even thinking about it.