Brown rice vs white rice

My family eats a lot of rice, 4-5 times a week. I typically make 2/3 white and 1/3 brown. I like it better that way and I like that my kids get a little bit more fiber even if it's not much.

Dr1nkbleachndye wrote: »

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I don't know who likes the taste of brown rice more, ...

You rang? I like both, but I prefer the taste of brown rice.

I like white rice with ketchup.

I like both. Actually all kinds of rice. Actually just food. I like all kinds of food.

I never get why people don't just eat cauliflower if they want cauliflower rather than feeling compelled to pretend it's some other food. Cauliflower is great. It doesn't become a different food if you tediously cut it up into tiny little pieces (or buy it all chopped up that way).

I don't like rice that much myself (cauliflower is better to my taste), but no one needs to cut out rice, which is a perfectly fine food.

Guns_N_Buns wrote: »

lemurcat12 wrote: »

I never get why people don't just eat cauliflower if they want cauliflower rather than feeling compelled to pretend it's some other food. Cauliflower is great. It doesn't become a different food if you tediously cut it up into tiny little pieces (or buy it all chopped up that way).

Because a lot of people are visual/texture types. Cauliflower can look like fried rice, which is one step closer to tricking your brain (or cravings) into thinking it is fried rice when you eat it. I've done it before (Paleo) and it's actually quite a good substitute.

I eat rice too. But if I can go for cauliflower 'fried rice' and save room for ice cream, why the *kitten* not?

I often skip a starch to save calories, so have nothing against that. (I also almost never eat rice, since I don't like it that much.) I'd just add in more vegetables, perhaps some starchier ones like root veg or winter squash or maybe brussels or green beans. However, I disagree with the poster who told OP to give up rice in favor of cauliflower rice. No reason for OP to do that.

I have a personal issue with pretend foods, and fussiness when it's not needed, and I personally prefer my cauliflower in bigger pieces (a texture thing) vs. tiny little pieces or mashed (although I had some pretty good mashed cauliflower yesterday not prepared by me). So that's where I'm coming from. If you really prefer cauliflower in little pieces vs. larger ones, and it helps you save calories, not a problem with me, so long as you don't go around telling others to drop rice, of course, which is what I was responding to. (Well, and all the pretend cauliflower is rice or potatoes or cookies or whatever it is always makes me think people don't really like cauliflower and are trying to replace a food that they think they must not eat, when it's perfectly fine to eat. But I 100% admit that I don't see the appeal in something looking like something else and not being it -- it's an uncanny valley thing for me -- so it's largely just personal.)

That's it, @Francl27

I like most of what's been mentioned in this thread, barley included. I haven't tried many different varieties of rice.

I'll throw in farro