So, it's the first week of January and you're still feeling a little bloated from all the egg
nog, stuffing, and booze you had over the holidays. I hear ya. And you made your New Year's resolution to "really
eat better this year!" and "I'm gonna get in shape!" Maybe whole grains can help you.
The Boston Globe has the scoop on how brown rice, bulgur, and quinoa can help you get your waistline back (not to mention giving you a nice base to center a meal around). You can simmer the brown rice for 45 minutes if you have the time, and maybe have a casserole of winter veggies cooking at the same time. The bulger isn't as easy, since you have to toast it a little in oil, then add chicken or vegetable stock. (The authors of the piece serves it with a cauliflower in a curried tomato-onion sauce dish, but I'm not going near cauliflower).
The quinoa? Doesn't taste like anything unless you toast it like the bulgur, and serve it with something saucy.
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