Brown Rice! OMG!!!

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  • Gigi_licious
    Gigi_licious Posts: 1,185 Member
    White rice.
  • cathydawson70
    cathydawson70 Posts: 1
    Try Uncle Ben's boil in the bag rice. I tried it for the first time and it was pretty good. Only takes 10 minutes to cook.
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    Sainsburys Basics Long grain white rice. Dirt cheap, nice tasting,and it's gonna be doused in ketchup anyway :D
  • slimkitty
    slimkitty Posts: 418
    Lindberg Organic short grain brown rice. I buy it at Costco....12 lbs bag. Yea, we don't eat a lot of rice...haha. Be careful of the broth's. Look for low sodium. Vegetable broth has less calories, but again can be high in sodium.
    I usually dice up carrots and throw some peas in it. Also for a quick spanish rice, cook as per directions, then when done, throw in your favorite salsa.
    Off the subject.....have you tried quinoa?????
    No! please share :OD

    I love quinoa!!!! I actually had soup today for lunch with savoy cabbage, quinoa, carrots, garlic and ginger. It was super yummy. It cooks faster than rice and has much more protein. Just make sure to rinse it really well so it's not bitter.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    Ok now that I have your attention ;o) I want to add brown rice to my diet. I need low sodium low cal GOOD TASTING rice. What do you guys buy?
    There's no real difference in nutritional value in either white or brown rice. Why not just eat white rice?
  • reynavp
    reynavp Posts: 1
    Organic short grain brown rice, by Lundberg. It smells like pop corn while cooking and it tastes yummy!:smile:
  • havalinaaa
    havalinaaa Posts: 333 Member
    I really like the Lundberg Famiily Farms brown and wild rice blends. My boyfriend who hates any rice other than white has even started liking them. As another poster suggested, cooking them with stock makes them super tasty. I make my own broth so I can control the sodium, and it's a thrifty way to use veggie and meat scraps.
  • paravision
    paravision Posts: 148
    Ill have to check them all out! Thanks guys!
  • TheBraveryLover
    TheBraveryLover Posts: 1,217 Member
    Definitely Uncle Ben's. Can't go wrong with any type of rice from that brand.
  • zeeeb
    zeeeb Posts: 805 Member
    i actually like brown rice, it tastes more flavourful and textureful than the white rices... the rest of my family doesn't agree, so it tends to be white rice in our house, but when i was single i used to only eat brown rice.... it's got a nutty kind of fullness to it.
  • kellybstampin
    kellybstampin Posts: 29
    I love MFP people! I was just going to put my 2 cents in and as I read through the comments, I was blown away with more ideas! I was going to say, "just suck it up and eat it b/c it never tastes good." But BOY AM I WRONG! I'll definitely try the brown Basmati idea of toasting first!

    I can NOT give up my white jasmine rice, but next time I'm at the store, I'll try the brown jasmine rice......

    I do make my own chicken broth and it's MUCH more cost effective that way. I just freeze it in 2c containers b/c that's usually how much you need for a recipe.

    And Quinoa....oh, you MUST try it! It's so great. LOTS of recipes out there for quinoa.
  • lisasays
    lisasays Posts: 142 Member
    I buy a bag of plain organic. Make your own and use vegetable broth instead of water and it will be reallllly yummy.
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    Ok now that I have your attention ;o) I want to add brown rice to my diet. I need low sodium low cal GOOD TASTING rice. What do you guys buy?
    There's no real difference in nutritional value in either white or brown rice. Why not just eat white rice?

    Huh, and here I always thought that brown rice had more minerals and fiber than white since it was a whole food and not stripped of the bran. Please cite your source that say that they are the same.
  • paravision
    paravision Posts: 148
    I love MFP people! I was just going to put my 2 cents in and as I read through the comments, I was blown away with more ideas! I was going to say, "just suck it up and eat it b/c it never tastes good." But BOY AM I WRONG! I'll definitely try the brown Basmati idea of toasting first!

    I can NOT give up my white jasmine rice, but next time I'm at the store, I'll try the brown jasmine rice......

    I do make my own chicken broth and it's MUCH more cost effective that way. I just freeze it in 2c containers b/c that's usually how much you need for a recipe.

    And Quinoa....oh, you MUST try it! It's so great. LOTS of recipes out there for quinoa.
    I know Kelly! I got all of this stuff and tried it. YUM! So delish!
  • paravision
    paravision Posts: 148
    I am thinking get some al natural tomato soup/paste, water it down to cook it in then add salsa when done for the Spanish rice
  • Dinah22
    Dinah22 Posts: 69 Member
    Brown rice? Is that the one that takes 3 days to cook? Ugh! White basmati for me every time!
  • tmarie2715
    tmarie2715 Posts: 1,111 Member
    uuh, just plain brown rice. Get it in the bulk section, that's where it's the cheapest.

    Good advice. I like short grain rice, so I do short grain brown.
  • tmarie2715
    tmarie2715 Posts: 1,111 Member
    Brown rice? Is that the one that takes 3 days to cook? Ugh! White basmati for me every time!

    LOL! Use a rice cooker. :)
  • tmarie2715
    tmarie2715 Posts: 1,111 Member
    I am thinking get some al natural tomato soup/paste, water it down to cook it in then add salsa when done for the Spanish rice

    Yum! I do this, too. I mix white short grain with my brown (about half and half) and throw in crushed tomatoes, green chiles, cumin, paprika, a little chili powder and voila! Spanish rice.
  • mabug01
    mabug01 Posts: 1,273 Member
    I definitely prefer Uncle Ben's to Minute Rice. And for a real treat, stir in 1 teaspoon of no added salt natural Peanut Butter. Yum!
  • Wynterbourne
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,225 Member
    Brown basmati or brown jasmine. I haven't touched instant rice in over 20 years, but that's just because it tastes awful to me in comparison to non-instant (white or brown), others may not notice a difference.
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