I am not. But it guess it's not terrible because when D and I don't eat together, I get to indulge in comfort food. I made a big bowl of brown basmati and I'm buying a spicy tofu salad from TnT on the way to night school. It's funny because normally D and I got sit in the lounge during our break and wolf down dinner and chat about our day. As I was eating alone, I actually chatted with my classmates, while still trying to wolf down my food. Our break is only 15 minutes. Truthfully, I probably eat quite fast but no one works well with a deadline :-D
The one upside is that the quick meals is making our Thursday meals quite lite. I guess I could do with that once in a while.
Thing about brown rice though is that it is a pain in the arse to do right. I've given up with traditional as far as getting it right. You have to boil the bejeezus out of it, in at least 1/2 more water, for nearly an hour and the grains split. I'm fine with that now. The only way to avoid the grain bustage is presoaking for a good while. Who's got the time?? Also, who really wants to use the stove for an hour unless you're making a stew. I use this little microwave contraption my mom bought me for Christmas because she thought I wasn't eating properly. I think she mixed me up with my sister O. But O got one too. It is a ceramic bowl that sits in a plastic bowl, slightly larger with a vented lid that clamps on. Inside, there is also an inverted dish that drips back extra steam water. It will do brown rice in about 11 minutes if you do a cup. The grains will still bust if you don't presoak. Also, if you nuke, you're likely to kill alot of the vitaminy goodness. NOW, I discovered this miracle brown rice from Dan-D-Pak. Brownrice jasmine (I'll take a photo later) that acts like white rice. It wasn't a pre-cooked variety or brown coloured white like a cheeky friend asserted. It takes 13 minutes on the stove top. It comes in a large plastic bag with green labelling from dandpak. I swear by it. It tastes awesome and stays in tact and is nutty as brown rice, as well as jasmine should be.
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