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  • Kayleen - yes, that's what I meant. When soaking the rice all day prior to cooking, most of the expansion happens just from the soaking, especially if you use hot water, so the volume of rice in the bowl will increase significantly. Hence why you need to make sure you soak it in a big enough bowl to accommodate the larger…
  • If I'm planning to have brown rice for dinner, I leave it to soak in a few cups of water all day while I'm out at work. When I get home, I just put it straight into a pan of boiling water with a pinch of salt, and it's usually ready in about 10-15 minutes. If you want it ready in time for lunch, try soaking it in boiling…
  • I quite often have greek yoghurt with protein powder for breakfast. I find that it does taste a bit weird and gritty if you eat it straight away but for some reason if I mix it all up then put it back in the fridge for 20 mins or so, then the grittiness has gone away and it just tastes like normal yoghurt. I'm not…
  • Several other people have mentioned it but the best thing to do at the moment is just relax and see what happens. The first important thing to work out is roughly when you are ovulating. Unless you have a really irregular cycle, a lot of the ovulation kits etc are just a waste of money. Apologies if this next bit is a bit…
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