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Article: rice is nice.
- Article from:
- Vegetarian Journal
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
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Grains can be the base of a meal any time of the day. Warm rice along with warm rice milk or soymilk, flavored with ground cinnamon and topped with raisins, makes a wonderful breakfast. Steamed rice tossed with salsa and chopped vegetables or mixed with tomato sauce and cooked beans makes a fast lunch or dinner.
First thing you've got to do is make a pot of fluffy rice. Here are some tips:
Measure twice, cook once: Rice absorbs its cooking liquid while simmering, so get your proportions (rice to water) correct. If you use too much water, you'll get rice soup (which is okay if you want to pretend you're in a Dickens novel--"please sir, may I have some ...