The new eating regime is proving to be something of a hassle. Yesterday I thought I'd make a seasonal favorite, creamy chicken and rice in the crock pot. Sounds simple, right?
WRONG!! The cream of mushroom soup that I have always used has flour in it (Third ingredient as a matter of fact). Do did the bullion! How do you make it without those two things??
Answer = you punt! A little white wine, some cream cheese, and some chicken stock will do the trick. All was well once again . . . until we came to the rice.
Normally I use brown rice. I was out of brown rice. I did have some very good black rice, so in the crock pot it went!
About two hours later I realized what I had done. I gave the mixture a stir and all of a sudden the entire pot of food turned purple! I'm not kidding it was purple! I had to have been the black rice!
So for dinner last night we had purple creamy chicken and rice! I tasted wonderful even if it looked weird.
Brown rice, accept no substitutes!
lol, I have been being VERY careful with mine! Yes, I got some from Country Life. I have made it twice, but STILL haven't cooked it long enough. Its been edible and even good, but it will be better when I cook it longer.~a
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