Confetti Rice

Diane Leipper

Have Ready

1 cup raw brown rice, cooked (3 cups)

Saute

1 small onion, chopped (until golden in oil as needed)

1 cup mixed dried fruits, chopped

2/3 cup mixed nuts, chopped 1/2 cup ground sesame seeds

Stir in

1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon cloves

1/2 teaspoon salt

cooked rice

butter (optional)

I like to add the chopped dried fruits to the rice during the last 5 minutes or so of cooking, then saute the onion and nuts and add them to rice and fruit. Serve with fresh steamed green beans.

From Diet for a Small Planet

When I was visiting friends in NM I had the opportunity to cook on a Great Majestic wood burning stove. The stove had beautiful cast iron ship medallions on the back which you could flip down to set your coffee or soup pot on to keep warm. It was a great stove for cooking beans. I would build a fire in the stove first thing in the morning, put on a pot of beans and let them simmer for hours. I have often wished I could have kept that stove but it wouldn't fit in a '59 Karmen Ghia. - DLL

F ried Rice - Chow Fan

Virginia Leipper

4 cups cooked rice

1/2 cup diced mushrooms (optional)

1 cup bean sprouts

1 cup diced chicken, pork, seafood, beef or ham, raw or cooked

3 eggs, beaten

1/2 cup green onions, cut in 1/4 inch length

1/4 cup diced bacon salt to taste

1 can bamboo shoots (optional)

4 Tablespoons oil

2 Tablespoons soy sauce

1 can sliced water chestnuts (optional)

Heat pan, add bacon and stir fry the eggs; remove from pan. Add meat and saute' simmer 2-3 minutes; remove from pan. Add oil and rice stirring frequently until lightly golden, then add salt and soy sauce. Return eggs and meat to rice; mix thoroughly. Add green onions, mushrooms and bean sprouts and saute 1 minute. Serves 6.

Source: Hawaiian Cuisine

If you add bamboo shoots or water chestnuts add them when you add the green onions, sprouts, & mushrooms. - DLL

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