{"id":149,"date":"2008-10-10T06:12:25","date_gmt":"2008-10-10T12:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.me-and-my-house.org\/blog-fromme\/2008\/10\/10\/easy-rice-pilaf-friday-food\/"},"modified":"2016-03-26T18:42:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T00:42:10","slug":"easy-rice-pilaf-friday-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/easy-rice-pilaf-friday-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Rice Pilaf &#8211; Friday Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.me-and-my-house.org\/blog-fromme\/category\/nutrition\/recipes\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"fridayfood2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.me-and-my-house.org\/blog-fromme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/fridayfood2.jpg\" alt=\"fridayfood2.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Time for a main dish recipe. The key to most of our main dish meals is simplicity. In our large, busy family I want 4 things from our meals. They need to be <a href=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/gfy\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Good for You -Naturally!<\/strong><\/a>\u2122, inexpensive, simple, and taste great. We have some great &#8220;company&#8221; and &#8220;special occasion&#8221; menus too, but for everyday fare, simple is key.<\/p>\n<p>Brown rice is a staple, that is served at least once a week at our house. We enjoy it in many different ways. Today I&#8217;ll share with you a simple Rice Pilaf. Since we add steamed veggies to it, all we need to round out our meal is our large foundational fresh veggie salad.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Lisa&#8217;s Easy Rice Pilaf<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 c. dry long grain brown rice (you can substitute 1\/2 c. wild rice for 1\/2 c. of the brown)<\/li>\n<li>1 &#8211; 1 1\/2 c. chopped celery, peas, and\/or diced carrots (any combo you choose)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 medium onion, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 &#8211; 1\/2 c. chopped mushrooms (optional)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 &#8211; 3\/4 c. chopped raw almonds (optional)<\/li>\n<li>1 &#8211; 2 Tbl. dried parsley<\/li>\n<li>1 &#8211; 2 Tbl. vegetable broth powder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pure Water (proper amount depends on the method of cooking &#8211; if your appliance recommends different amounts, use them)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6 c. water for cooking in Rice Cooker or on stove or in oven (9&#215;13 pan @ 375\u00b0)<\/li>\n<li>3.5 c. water for cooking in rice steamer<\/li>\n<li>4.5 c. water for cooking in pressure cooker &#8211; if using pressure cooker, steam peas\/carrots separately then add them after the rice has cooked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mix all ingredients together (except peas and\/or carrots if you are steaming them separately). Follow cooking directions for your appliance.<\/p>\n<p>Cooking time &#8211; approx. 1 hour in rice cooker, stove, or steamer. about 18-20 minutes in pressure cooker.<\/p>\n<p>Makes &#8211; enough for our family of 8.<\/p>\n<p>For Me and My House ~ At Jesus&#8217; feet,<br \/>\nLisa @ <a href=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/\">Me and My House<\/a> ~ Discipleship for Life!<br \/>\nOrder Christian &amp; Home Ed Resources <a href=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/resources.htm\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get future posts to this blog by email:<\/p>\n<p>[subscribe2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time for a main dish recipe. The key to most of our main dish meals is simplicity. In our large, busy family I want 4 things from our meals. They need to be Good for You -Naturally!\u2122, inexpensive, simple, and taste great. We have some great &#8220;company&#8221; and &#8220;special occasion&#8221; \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/easy-rice-pilaf-friday-food\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4154,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/4154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}