Basic cooking tip from me and my partner to you and yours.
Cook shit in chicken stock. We add some of the powdered chicken bullion to our rice cooker, and sprinkle in some of the ground Italian herb seasoning and it makes for some killer white rice. I've done it in a pan with Jasmine rice too and it turns out great.
Partner has been cooking their peas and carrots in the bullion stock too lately and it's been good