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Arancini Italian Rice Balls

  The Italian rice balls known as arancini are absolutely delicious and mouthwatering! This recipe for arancini uses Italian arborio rice, a short-grain rice with a high starch content. Both diced prosciutto and mozzarella are used to fill the centres. Once coated in breadcrumbs, they are deep-fried until they are the right shade of golden brown.   Who are the Arancini? Arancini, or more particularly arancini di riso, are deep-fried rice balls with an orange colour that are spherical and plump. Similar to a superb risotto, the exterior is airy and crispy, with creamy, soft centres. They are a genuine comfort dish and quite well-liked in Italy's streets! Arancini literally translates to "tiny oranges" because that is how they look when they have completed frying.     How to Make Italian Rice Balls, Arancini Probably on your mind is: Are they difficult to make? Hence, they are not. They're simpler to build than they appear, in your opinion. They do, howeve

Three ways that cooking can be a form of self-care!

  These 3 factors make cooking the ideal form of self-care. When we are feeling down, worn out, and short on energy, we may believe that getting takeout or eating "anything" would take care of us because we don't have to put any further effort or thought into it. While occasionally doing that is OK, eating improperly or without any good intentions might have a long-term negative impact on mood and energy. Even though making food is thought of as a way to fill our stomachs and give us energy, cooking actually has a lot of superpowers. To incorporate your love of food into your own house, embrace the act of cooking. It need not be yet another daily task you would like to put off. If times are bad, it can serve as your rock. EAT WELL TO FEEL WELL. You will feel awful if you decide to eat garbage. You are effectively disregarding your requirements if you don't enjoy the food you eat. That's all there is to it. But if you start eating healthier, you'l