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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / March 2005Brown Rices
My husband is into potatoes heavily... and not really into lots of vegetable except for few... I am trying to help my husband loose weigh... I wonder if Brown Rice can substitute for potatoes??? > My husband is into potatoes heavily... and not really into lots of vegetable > except for few... I am trying to help my husband loose weigh... I wonder if > Brown Rice can substitute for potatoes??? Absolutely. It can substitute for potatoes. What's not so clear is whether than will solve your husband's weight problems.  Signature223/173.3/180 Yea, we have been exercising besides the food switching habit. We are not into fish. That's the problem. My husband has lost some pounds within 2 weeks already. As long as we go for a walk for almost everynight plus a 15 minutes Leslie Sansone Super Challenge Video and it works great! I lost 15 pounds with that a couple of years ago when I did the video :) >> My husband is into potatoes heavily... and not really into lots of >> vegetable [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > What's not so clear is whether than will solve your husband's weight > problems. Brown rice might be too dramatic a shift. It's not very appealing. Even Asians don't like it. How about corn? Roast pumpkin is very nice too. Just to ween him off the spuds a bit and get him some variety. Then introduce some zucchini, squash, spinich ... all good vegetables. I'm getting hungry just thinking about 'em. Mix the brown rice with some wild rice. Add some chicken bullion for flavour. My family like brown rice this way better that potatoes or white rice. brown rice has a nutty flavour. > Brown rice might be too dramatic a shift. It's not very appealing. Even > Asians don't like it. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > squash, spinich ... all good vegetables. I'm getting hungry just thinking > about 'em. > Brown rice might be too dramatic a shift. It's not very appealing. Even > Asians don't like it. I find I like brown rice much better if I roast it before cooking it. Heres what I do. I like a lot of rice to fill me up, so I cook 1/2 c. dry in 1 c. water. I set the pot of water to boil and I put a small aluminum pot on VERY high heat. I put the dry rice in the dry pot and start shaking it around. In about 3 minutes it starts popping like popcorn. Just about when the water boils, the popping has sort of stopped. I carefully pour the EXTREMELY hot rice into the water. Be careful here as boilover is very likely. Then turn down the water to low, cover and cook for 30 minutes (no peeking). Then take the pot off the heat and let sit for 5-7 minutes (no peeking). You get perfect rice, kind of sweet with a nuttiness that I really like. You can mix steamed corn, peas and tuna in the rice and squeeze half a lemon on it for a great meal. Off to make some right now... k To me personally, brown rice tastes much better than white rice. White rice has no taste. Signature223/173.3/180 >To me personally, brown rice tastes much better than white rice. White >rice has no taste. I prefer brown rice too, but I can't seem to make it right. I have tried a few times, and it comes out horrible. My mom used to make it great, but ever since the microwave, she won't do it on the stovetop, and she can't remember how she did it 15-20 years ago. Also, are there different kinds of brown rice? The kind I bought doesn't look the same, so maybe that is part of the problem. -- Meghan & the Zoo Crew Equine and Pet Photography http://www.zoocrewphoto.com ><ignoramus3417@NOSPAM.3417.invalid> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Also, are there different kinds of brown rice? The kind I bought > doesn't look the same, so maybe that is part of the problem. The way I cooked it is add 3-4 cups of water per cup of rice, add butter, salt, and slow cook it until all water is absorbed. I do it in a rice cooker, which is nice because it requires less attention than stove top cooking (rice does not burn). But it works just as well on a stove. Signature223/173.3/180 >>To me personally, brown rice tastes much better than white rice. White >>rice has no taste. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Also, are there different kinds of brown rice? The kind I bought >doesn't look the same, so maybe that is part of the problem. I find regular brown rice somewhat unpalatable, but brown basmati rice tastes better and has a crunchier texture. I cook mine in a rice steamer, and leftover basmati can be warmed in the microwave. That's my preference anyway. Rob >>>To me personally, brown rice tastes much better than white rice. White >>>rice has no taste. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > steamer, and leftover basmati can be warmed in the microwave. That's > my preference anyway. I liked basmati also. Signature223/173.3/180 > >>To me personally, brown rice tastes much better than white rice. White > >>rice has no taste. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Rob I think jasmine rice has the nicest flavor. That's the kind served at Thai restaurants. Yummm... Martha I much prefer brown rice too - I can't even eat white rice any more. Interestingly, I now prefer wholemeal pasta as well. Perhaps it's a mind thing - you know it's good for you and you can concentrate on the qualities in the wholemeal alternative that are appealing (nicer texture, nutty taste, firmer, etc). My wife used to get really annoyed when I started to refuse white rice and pasta as "just empty carbs" but she now prefers the wholegrain versions herself. Amazingly, my 2 year old daughter also loves wholemeal spaghetti! woohoo! (not brown rice yet though) Cheers! Mike > To me personally, brown rice tastes much better than white rice. White > rice has no taste. That's a keeper! I'm going to have to try it this way - sounds excellent! Mel eat less, move more 225/215/160 > > Brown rice might be too dramatic a shift. It's not very appealing. Even > > Asians don't like it. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > k > My husband is into potatoes heavily... and not really into lots of > vegetable except for few... I am trying to help my husband loose weigh... > I wonder if Brown Rice can substitute for potatoes??? Losing weight is a two-prong program. One is to eat a wide variety of healthy food to get proper nutrition. The other is to exercise. >> My husband is into potatoes heavily... and not really into lots of >> vegetable except for few... I am trying to help my husband loose weigh... >> I wonder if Brown Rice can substitute for potatoes??? > > Losing weight is a two-prong program. One is to eat a wide variety of > healthy food to get proper nutrition. The other is to exercise. and the third one is to limit eating in some fashion. Signature223/173.3/180 > My husband is into potatoes heavily... and not really into lots of > vegetable except for few... I am trying to help my husband loose weigh... > I wonder if Brown Rice can substitute for potatoes??? I am not much of a rice fan, brown or white. I substituted an acorn squash for the potato. Jim |
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