Rice

[Lister]

brown rice is still rice right? just asking i got a box of minute rice brown rice from the store today got it home and it has whole grain all over the package... so i was wondering if its still rice or wheat?

[Guhlia]

Is it Kraft minute rice? If so, they will clearly list gluten on the ingredient label. I use the Minute white rice all the time with no problems.

[CarlaB]

Plain brown rice is whole grain and gluten-free. I don't specifically know about minute rice, but if it doesn't have any gluten added, the "whole grain rice" is fine.

[beaglemania]

I love minute white rice. Live off of it:)

[Mahee34]

Rice drives my stomach crazy...I think my stomach just rejects normal food...like whoa, what do you think you're doing putting food that EVERYONE can eat in here! If I do feel risky and eat rice, I stick with Kraft, they've been pretty trustworthy!

[Lisa]

Lister,

You know we all love you, but it is time to learn to read lables. Remember, wheat, barley, rye, and barley.

Go to the Kraft foods, because they will always list the ingredence on the lables. If you pick up a bag of rice and it list, "rice" as the only ingendent, you're good for go..........

Here is something for you to try:

4 Chicken Breasts:

Place in a pan that was sprayed with "pam", yes guten free (except the flour ones)

Cut up strips of Oscar Meyer Bacon in half and place over chicken breasts

Salt and Pepper to taste, I like to add garlic salt (McCormicks)

Mix up a can of Progresso Mushroon Soup and One cup of sour cream, and a little Hellmans Mayo...into a bowl and mix............Pour over the chicken.

Bake for 45minutes, or until the chicken is tender and does not look pink.

Cook regular rice, by direction on the box or bag.

Add some steamed fresh veggies to the dinner and you're fit for a king.

Try it, you'll like it.

xxoo Lisa

[RiceGuy]

I always use plain rices. Never instant stuff. It just seems like cheating, and less nutritious I believe. They probably have to add all sorts of vitamins to it, as I've read that the U.S. requires all parboiled rices to be fortified in order to more closely match the nutrients in brown rice. I don't know how minute rice is made, but a true whole grain rice just doesn't go from raw to cooked fast enough to be called minute rice. So IMHO if you really want a better rice for nutrients, don't use instant ones.

I'm sure the instant stuff saves time in the kitchen, and is easier for those who aren't into cooking. But really, making rice isn't difficult. It's like boiling an egg or making pasta, only you put rice in the pot. Depending on the rice it can take anywhere from 15 to 50 minutes. There are a lot of different kinds to choose from, and the flavors vary quite a bit. Some people prefer long grain types like Arborio, Basmati or Jasmine, while others prefer short grain ones. A quick-cooking Japanese white rice is Akita Komachi, commonly referred to as "sweet white", "sushi", or "sticky" rice. It only takes about 15 minutes or so to cook. Makes wonderful rice pudding too

A popular brand of rice is Uncle Ben's. Here's a link on their site which describes some different types of rices:

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I recently began using an organic short grain brown rice, and I doubt I'll ever want to go back to the parboiled Uncle Ben's I was using. I had been using that just for the convenience, and the only brown rice I had known before was long grain, which I didn't like. So far all the short grain ones taste good to me, though they lend themselves to different types of dishes.