Rice is my friend!

[the sensible celiac]

With all forms of wheat based foods out of the picture, rice has become a major staple in my diet.  I like to tell people that rice is my friend.

Rice is an unusually easy food to digest. I sometimes eat rice to calm my tummy if it is in a bad mood.

At home we use brown rice exclusively.  We buy Diamond G brand brown rice in 5lb brown paper bags at our local supermarket. Brown rice has more nutritional value and it also has fiber that is not present in gob-standard white rice.

Because we eat rice almost every day, and we cook virtually all of our meals at home (we both work from home here) we bought ourselves a very nice Japanese rice cooker.  Having visited Tokyo several times, I have a real appreciation for Japanese food, and I know that they take their rice very, very seriously.

We have a Zojirushi rice cooker which we bought online, as a matter of fact, you can buy one from my store here "http://ultramegamart.com/index.php?k=zojirushi+rice+cooker&mode=Kitchen"

Steve

[SunTea]

Brown rice can be dehydrated and rehydrated nicely.  If the holes on your trays are too large for the rice, you can put thin plastic wrap on the trays.  I know if you dehydrate  fruits and vegetables at too high temperatures, you kill the enzymes in them, not sure how/if high dehydrator temperatures affect rice that much.

I'd probably be more enthusiastic about rice if I knew how to cook Indian and Asian cuisine better.  When I was a kid, I used to sprinkle sugar and cinammon on white rice.  Don't do that anymore. 

Sheila
   

[sheltiemom]

Sugar on rice was my favorite as a kid too. And I quit it long ago also. I also think my mom exclusivly cooked Minute Rice. Maybe that is why it needed the sugar.

I have been trying some new rice recipes to show my family that rice can be their friend too, but they are getting mulish. One that both my husband and I like is brown rice cooked with part of the water replaced with orange juice, about 1/4 cup, some orange zest and a handful of chopped nuts thrown in for texture. Add some ginger, either freshly grated or powdered, and it is very tasty.