A New Way to Cook Wild Rice

I usually don't write articles about cooking very often,  because there are guys who read my blog, too, and I can just hear them right now groaning that 'this will be a boring one'.  So maybe this will appeal more to the ladies - but if any of you guys out there do cooking, listen up, because this method works! 
     I was reading a Thanksgiving cookbook and the lady mentioned that wild rice could be cooked in a crock pot.  Since I know that it takes wild rice a long time to cook, I had my doubts that putting raw wild rice in a slow cooker would work out ok.  So being the ever-skeptic, I had to try it.   The recipe said to use a 3 to 1 ratio of water to wild rice.  This is what I did:

1 c. wild rice
3 c. vegetable broth (bouillon cube)
1 onion, chopped
about 1/2 c. chopped red pepper
1 carrot, chopped
1 can mushrooms, juice and all
1 stick of celery, chopped
salt and freshly ground pepper

I put everything in the crock pot and put it on HI for 1 hour and low for 3 hrs. (The recipe said you could do 5 hours on low - I might try that next time).  And hey - it works!   The wild rice is cooked nicely!  And you don't get that 'wild rice smell' while it is cooking.  If you have ever boiled wild rice you know what smell I am talking about - kind of a "weedy" smell.
     I think this will work out great for holidays.  Wild rice makes a nice side dish for holiday menus, but oven space is at a premium for baking a casserole of it, and stove top space is usually also at a premium with so many things going.  Putting the wild rice in a crock pot works out great, keeps things warm, and you already have a nice serving dish!  So, I learned something new, and I am sharing this with you all..............

A perfectly cooked side dish