If you are tired of your dinner ideas (we all get in ruts with our dinner menus), give black rice a try. You can make up great stories about exploring other cultures, countries, or ancient history and your kids will think you ( or your dinner) are way cool and exotic!! The truth of the matter follows, along with a link to another black rice recipe (see yesterday's blog for more).
"(NaturalNews) In ancient China, nobles commandeered every grain of a variety of black rice known as "Forbidden Rice" for themselves and forbade the common people from eating it. Now 21st century scientists have discovered that black rice truly is a treasure -- at least when it comes to nutrition. In fact, a spoonful of black rice bran contains more health promoting anthocyanin antioxidants than are found in a spoonful of blueberries, plus the rice bran has less sugar, more fiber and an abundance of vitamin E.
That's the conclusion of Zhimin Xu, Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Xu just announced his research team's findings at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS)..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/health/nutrition/16recipehealth.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
