Comforting Rice Casserole

Jan 25
Posted by: Under: Gluten Free Main Meals

I love this combination with mushroom soup and onion soup mix – creamy, comforting, with a little onion zing.  Yummy.

  • 1 large can prepared GF mushroom soup
  • 1 pkg onion soup mix
  • 1/2 can of rice
  • 1/2 can of water (extra 1/4 can of water if brown rice)
  1. Stir all of it up.
  2. Pour into casserole dish.
  3. Cover, cook at 350°F for 1hour (2 hrs if brown rice).

I added 2 braised pork tenderloins (approx 1.5 lbs) to this and it was officially yuuuuumy.

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How to add Brown Rice to the menu

Jan 19
Posted by: Under: Gluten Free Side dishes, Other Recipes

Since we’re being all healthy ‘n stuff, we’re trying to get in a little more whole grains into our diet. And we’re the kids aren’t so fond of plain brown rice. It isn’t like white rice – you can’t just eat it out of the pot, and enjoy it. So here’s some tips to get ya started – and PLEASE add your own in the comments so we can all see what works!

  • I started adding a small bit of brown rice to our white rice (cooked it like white rice except for longer)
  • We let the kids put ketchup on it – doesn’t everything taste better with ketchup?
  • I’ve started cooking our rice (about 75% brown now)in chicken bouillon, and a couple tablespoons of margarine.
  • Serve the rice with a sauce that covers it.  Brown/white rice just doesn’t cut it as a stand alone side dish around here like Sweet & Sour or Italian Tomato
  • Cook the rice in with the meat in casserole type or slow cooker dishes like easy pork tenderloin or Creamy Comfort Casserole

That’s all I got!  Do you have the magic formula to get these kids to eat brown rice?

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Tomato Brown Rice & Flank Steak

Nov 05
Posted by: Under: Gluten Free Main Meals, Gluten Free Side dishes

This was a very healthy & kid-tolerated meal.  Perhaps they weren’t jumping up and down about it, but we’re working on it.  :)

Brown Rice with Tomatoes

In a rice cooker, combine:

  • 1 cup brown rice,
  • 2 cups water, and
  • 1 large can (16oz) stewed tomatoes,
  • 1.5 tsp Italiano Seasoning.

Set that to cook one hour in advance.  Let `keep warm`without lifting the lid for nearly an hour.

Italiano Flank Steak

This I discovered quite by accident.  I forgot to remove the meat from the freezer, and managed to half-cook it in the microwave under the guise of `defrosting`.

  • 12 oz flank steak, defrosted or partially cooked in microwave by mistake
  • 1 tablespoon Italiano seasoning

Seriously – that`s it.  Told ya it was easy!  Place steak in frying pan.  Fry (no oil needed) 5 minutes over medium heat on both sides, or until desired doneness.

We put the rice, and steak with steamed broccoli, and it was delish!

Enjoy

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