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Enjoy this delicious Honey and Ginger Tofu Stir Fry recipe from our friends at USA Rice, in partnership with @glowingly.well and TheFeedfeed. The hearty vegetarian dish stars U.S.-grown brown rice and comes together in just 45 minutes. 

vegetable and chicken jambalaya in an orange pot on a blue background

Jambalaya is a one-pot meal that traces its roots to the West African dish, Jollof Rice. Our version uses chicken, brown rice, and lots of spices, and reheats beautifully. This dish tastes delicious alongside sauteed dark leafy greens, like collards.

a white bowl filled with cooked brown rice and vegetables

In Indian cuisine, a thaali meal is one in which a variety of small dishes are served together as a complete meal. This brown rice bowl is somewhat like an Indian thaali, except all served together in one delicious bowl. Feel free to customize it with your own favorite toppings or vegetables....

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This take on arroz congri uses brown rice in place of white rice. Though brown rice takes longer to cook, using canned beans cuts back on the total cooking time for this recipe, and makes it a one-pot meal!

Ecuadorian inspired chicken stew with yellow rice on table with cloths

Secos are meat stews popular in Ecuador and Peru. This hearty one-pot dish takes its cues from the Ecuadorian seco de pollo, a thick chicken stew made with tomato, peppers, and plenty of fresh cilantro. Traditionally, seco de pollo is often made with ground annatto and...

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Make this colorful, healthful brown rice—packed with the flavor, color, and aroma of turmeric, ginger, and garlic—as an accompaniment for your favorite Indian dishes, such as dal or chana masala. Using a rice cooker means that you can take it easy—just add the ingredients, give them a stir...

vegetable paella in a rustic white bowl atop a wooden surface with peanuts scattered in the background

Because of the outer bran, brown rice is less likely to clump together during cooking. This is especially advantageous for dishes like Spanish paella, where the grains should be distinct, rather than starchy or sticky. The key is to give the brown rice a little bit of a head start, partially...

Parboiling Reduces Arsenic and Preserves Nutrients in Rice

Arsenic is a naturally occurring element found in varying degrees in all soils and water, meaning that some foods, like rice, naturally contain low levels of arsenic depending on where and how it’s grown. Luckily, certain cooking and processing methods can dramatically decrease the level of arsenic rice. In this study, researchers found that parboiling your brown rice can remove up to 54% of unwanted heavy metals like arsenic from your rice (outperforming soaking or rinsing), and can also preserve important micronutrients such as zinc. You can achieve this at home by boiling your rice for 5 minutes and setting it aside for when you’re ready to cook it. You can also buy parboiled rice at the store.  
The Science of the Total Environment. 2021 Feb 10;755(Pt 2):143341. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143341.(Menon M et al.)

brown rice risotto topped with sauteed chard and small seared scallops

This recipe uses 2 tricks to transform brown rice into a creamy risotto: 1) choosing a short grain (preferably sprouted) brown rice, and 2) parboiling the rice before beginning the risotto process.

Whole Grains Linked with Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

In a large study of nearly 200,000 US adults, those eating whole grains most frequently had a 29% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes across the approximately 30-year study period than those rarely or never eating whole grains, even after adjusting for other lifestyle factors. When looking at specific whole grain foods, common foods like whole grain breakfast cereal, oatmeal, whole grain bread, and brown rice were all linked with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes. The exception was popcorn, which was linked with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes when eaten more than once per day, perhaps due to its association with butter sauces or sugary flavorings.
BMJ. 2020 Jul 8;370:m2206. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m2206. (Hu Y et al.)

chicken tikka masala on a plate

This slow cooker-friendly recipe is a mashup between two of our favorite Indian recipes: Chicken Tikka Masala, a creamy, tomato-based chicken dish; and chana saag, a fragrant, spiced chickpea and greens dish. 

Millet-based Lunches Improve Health in Indian Children

Millet is a whole grain that has a rich history throughout India. However, in recent times, millet has been displaced by refined grains like white rice. In this study, researchers introduced millet-based lunches at 2 schools in Karnataka, India, and then compared the health outcomes of those 136 students to 102 students at 2 schools who ate their regular fortified rice-based lunches for 3 months. Those in the millet group significantly improved stunting (an important measure of growth and development) and BMI, while the rice group did not. Additionally, all of the millet meals had high acceptability, with the most popular ones being finger millet ildi (a steam cooked fermented savory cake), little and pearl millet bisi belle bath (a millet-lentil hot meal), and upma (a pearl and little millet-vegetable meal).
Nutrients. 2019 Sep 3;11(9). pii: E2077. doi: 10.3390/nu11092077.(Anitha S et al.)

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