I love the combination of cooking together brown rice and quinoa. To me, it makes the perfect textured mix! It's so simple too - especially, if you have a rice cooker. Recently, I have also been adding Chia Seeds to the mixture...so good and all so good for you!
Using the "cup" that came with the rice cooker - here's the basics of how I pull everything together:
1 Cup of Brown Rice
1 Cup of Quinoa
Mix together and wash grains well before use by placing them in a fine mesh sieve and rinsing under running water until the water runs clear. For further guidance and reasoning for washing your grains, please check out this helpful article.
Once rinsed, add your final ingredients:
1/4 Cup of Chia Seeds
1 Teaspoon of Olive Oil
Add Water Accordingly
Then load it up with spices! Fresh garlic, ground pepper, dash of sea salt, parsley, and onion flakes...whatever your heart desires!
Give it a good mix. Turn the switch to "Cook" and you're good to go! Typically takes around 20 to 30 minutes...I check on it periodically to see if any additional water is needed.
This combination is the perfect foundation for any meal - best of all it makes for great leftovers (lots of flexibility to change it up if you wish!)
Using the "cup" that came with the rice cooker - here's the basics of how I pull everything together:
1 Cup of Brown Rice
1 Cup of Quinoa
Mix together and wash grains well before use by placing them in a fine mesh sieve and rinsing under running water until the water runs clear. For further guidance and reasoning for washing your grains, please check out this helpful article.
Once rinsed, add your final ingredients:
1/4 Cup of Chia Seeds
1 Teaspoon of Olive Oil
Add Water Accordingly
Then load it up with spices! Fresh garlic, ground pepper, dash of sea salt, parsley, and onion flakes...whatever your heart desires!
Give it a good mix. Turn the switch to "Cook" and you're good to go! Typically takes around 20 to 30 minutes...I check on it periodically to see if any additional water is needed.
This combination is the perfect foundation for any meal - best of all it makes for great leftovers (lots of flexibility to change it up if you wish!)
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| Handy kitchen appliance - "Rice Cooker" is used weekly in my household. I bought this one years ago at Walgreens (of all places) for less than $10. Mine also came with the steamer top - making it easy to throw in some veggies while the rice (or combination of) is cooking. |
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| I keep all of my favorite spices easily accessible (front & center) in the kitchen. Simply Organic is one of my favorite brands. |
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| I typically buy my rice in bulk - like with everything I always aim for quality. This one in particular is a gourmet blend of CalMati Brown Rice, Wild Rice, Sweet Brown Rice, Heirloom Red Rice. I believe I picked this up at Costco. |
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| Quinoa is amazing for you! I purchased this from the local health food store. |
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| Chia Seeds are my new favorite thing! Again, picked these up from the health food store. A little goes a long way with these powerful bad boys! |
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| Once the rice is cooked, I will often add a splash of Bragg's Liquid Aminos. It's a soy sauce alternative - taste the same yet is made from soybeans and purified water. |
Eating clean isn't meant to be difficult, in fact it's quite the opposite. Once you get the staples down...everything else just falls into place!
Keep it Clean & Enjoy the Ride,
Mrs. Skinny Fat
nice....i like it, thanks!
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