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The more sophisticated rice cookers double as slow cookers. Photo courtesy Blendworx. An electric rice cooker can make fluffy, light, perfect rice every time, without the stove top mess-ups that some people encounter when trying to cook rice. You don’t have to lower the flame and watch that the water doesn’t boil over. Just…
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Beans are delicious, beans are healthful, beans are inexpensive protein, and we should all eat more beans. That’s beans made from scratch, not canned beans, which have a lot of sodium and a mushier texture. (But, let us hastily add: It’s better to eat canned beans than no beans). Beans can be added to green…
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Following yesterday’s recommendation of four uncommon whole grains, we received several queries about amaranth. Amaranth is planted worldwide, harvested for cereal and leaf vegetables, and used as ornamental plants. It has been cultivated for 8,000 years. There are some 60 species, tall plants with foliage ranging from purple and red to green or gold. Like…
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Just because it’s National Whole Grains Month doesn’t mean you have to flock to the brown rice and whole wheat pasta. Good as they are, why not try something new—something you might enjoy as much or more? Because whole grains are not only good for you; they’re delicious. Thousands of years ago, many more grains…
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Grilled peaches and shaved pecorino make this couscous salad very glamorous (photo © Stasty). Want something more sophisticated and whole grain? A salad that can be used as a side or a first course? Make a couscous salad. Here’s another delicious end-of-the-summer idea from a very delicious blog, Stasty. Thanks, Vicky! The pecorino cheese…
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