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Default What do you do with brown rice?


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> On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 21:40:35 -0400, Doris Night
> > wrote:
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>>On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 17:51:36 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
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>>>"ImStillMags" > wrote in message
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>>>On Friday, March 16, 2018 at 3:09:08 AM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> I know. You'll probably say that you don't eat it. I also know that you
>>>> can
>>>> usually sub it for things you would put white rice in but for some
>>>> things,
>>>> you'd have to cook it first.
>>>>
>>>> For the most part, I seem to go back and forth between Asian dishes,
>>>> such
>>>> as
>>>> fried rice or stir fries or Teriyaki with rice on the side. Or
>>>> Mexican/Spanish type things. I either make it a main dish with beans
>>>> and
>>>> chicken or ground beef with appropriate seasonings, or as a side dish
>>>> with
>>>> some Mexican seasonings.
>>>>
>>>> I am wanting to branch out with it, such as side dishes. Steak is a
>>>> real
>>>> winner for a meal here so perhaps something that might go with that. I
>>>> am
>>>> thinking that things like Rici e Bisi (or however it's spelled)
>>>> wouldn't
>>>> work well with the brown rice.
>>>>
>>>> I do put it in soup, especially when there is just a little left over,
>>>> and
>>>> I
>>>> intend to do vegetarian type sides with it such as peppers or zucchini
>>>> stuffed with beans and rice and perhaps some cheese.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions? I don't have to eat it myself so anything goes, except
>>>> for
>>>> mushrooms or yogurt as those are not well liked here. Thanks!
>>>
>>>Why don't you cook up a very big pot full of brown rice, then portion it
>>>out
>>>in containers and freeze it. That way you will have ready cooked brown
>>>rice
>>>to use in a lot of different recipes. All you have to do is thaw out a
>>>container of it and make your dish.
>>>
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>>>
>>>No freezer space for that.

>>
>>You really should use up (or throw out) some of the stuff in your
>>freezer so you have room for things that you need.
>>
>>Doris

>
> Julie has 26 loaves of cheap bread squeezed into her freezer.


I don't eat cheap bread and I certainly wouldn't freeze bread! I do have
some frozen dough that I should use up though.