Vegetables are one source of my experiment. Now, fruit is easy. For the most part, as long as it's ripe it sweet, and everybody loves fruit! Mangoes are a current favorite here. So are pomegranates but unfortunately they're pretty much out of season now. But vegetables? those are hard. They're not sweet. Some of them taste kinda funky. I don't like most of them. Or, at least, i didn't. Then i discovered you can do more with them than just steam them.
Currently, I'm experimenting with roasting veggies. So far i've done asparagus (to die for), carrots (good unless you REALLY burn them), and Broccoli (better than popcorn). I've got butternut squash in the oven now. Butternut squash is a bit of a nightmare to cut up. If you're gonna try, microwave it for about three mins before attempting to peel it. Your fingers will thank you when you manage to not cut them off because you've softened the skin. My butternut squash is a lovely orange color and it smells good so i'm very excited about it.
There are about a zillion other vegetables in my fridge right now, awaiting their turn to be peeled, chopped, and roasted in the oven.
My other experiment right now is bread. I just started this today and i'm super excited to see how it turns out. I bought a book called Artisan Breads in Five Minutes a Day and mixed up a batch this afternoon. I'm refridgerating the dough now to bake this evening. I LOVE fresh homemade bread. I DON'T love the idea of having to knead, and knead, and rise, and knead, and knead, and whatever else goes into bread. If i can really do this in five minutes a day (ish, i do have a lot of time on my hands) then rock on. If it proves to be a ridiculous amount of work, then i might still do it, just not as often.
And, eventually, i'm totally going to learn to make entire meals in my rice cooker. I have a cookbook for that too. Didn't know you could do more with a rice cooker than cook rice? Yeah, me either. I'm totally thinking it's worth a try though...
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