Rice

Depends on how it is cooked. I cooked my rice in the oven with either 1tbs olive oil or butter, and just enough water to not come out too dry. In fact rice cooked in the oven is actually steamed.

What do you have with your rice? I love plain basmati white rice, with chick pea and potato curry, or even sardines with lots of onions, peppers and tomatoes - escovitch style.

A dash of hot sauce or soy helps take the blandness away.

liahna wrote: »

I don't believe in eating white rice. Basmati rice can be white, but it's healthier and then I also eat brown rice.

Huh? There is no significant nutritional difference between long grain white rice and Basmati or brown rice, other than a couple extra grams of fiber in the brown varieties.

To OP: I typically don't eat rice plain. If I make it as a side dish, it's along with something that can be mixed with it/on top of it (stir fry, stroganoff, with fajitas, etc) Or when I make it I boil it in chicken stock instead of water to give it a bit of flavor and often add a few chopped veggies (carrots, onions, celery, mushrooms, herbs) to it as well.

On the rare occasions I just eat plain rice, I usually put soy sauce on it. Though when we were kids, we often sprinkled cinnamon and sugar on it and added just a bit of milk to make it sort of rice pudding-ish.

rice balls with a stuffing? Like an onigiri? http://www.seriouseats.com/2011/01/how-to-make-onigiri-japanese-sushi-rice-balls.html

If trying to gain weight, why just eat plain rice? Nothing wrong with gravy, beans, various sauces/condiments, etc... to up caloric intake.

We eat rice everyday but not plain. I prepare lot of different varieties of Palavo, or eat with curry, rasam or Sambar. Plain hot rice could be mixed well with ghee (clarified butter), salt and pepper and eaten. So yummy.

I am on an extremely restrictive diet due to interstitial cystitis, and since rice is one of the few things I can tolerate, I eat it all the time. I cannot tolerate mist sauces, but when I enjoy it with my family we add just a little butter and salt. I sometimes also make a one pan chicken broccoli rice dish that uses chicken stock and garlic for extra flavor. I also occasionally have a homemade IC friendly stir fry with any number of vegetables plus garlic, meat, and a makeshift sauce using coconut aminos in place of soy sauce. One of my favorite ways is just with veggies. I buy a steam in bag frozen package with only rice, peas, carrots, and corn, and even without any additives of any kind, I love it. I like to just mix peas in too.

I used to just eat brown rice plain a lot as a kid, but I don't do that now. The way I I usually eat it now is either underneath a plate of chili, sauteed with olive oil and pepperoni (sometimes with an egg as well), or mixed with broccoli/cheese/milk and baked.

RIce is great...we probably eat it at least 2-3 times a week for dinner (often 2 for Chinese/Thai/Indian etc and one for Italian or Mexican/South American). Of course, I then eat it for lunch several times too.

Personally, I loved simple steamed shortgrain rice. If I am not eating a curry/vegetables with it, then I would add a bit of seasoned rice vinegar and furikake.

If you haven't heard of it, check out furikake rice seasoning.