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Hawaiian Rice

Do try to get some wild rice because it really
tastes much better than the brown rice alone.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups uncooked brown rice and wild rice mixed

  • 1/2 cup crushed unsweetened pineapple

  • 1/2 cup raisins

  • 1/2 large apple, peeled and cubed 

  • 1 small onion, coarsely chopped 

  • 1 can (8 ounces) water chestnuts, sliced 

  • 1 rib celery, chopped in medium-sized pieces 

  • 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes 

  • 1 tablespoon apple juice concentrate 

  • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric 

  • Juice drained from pineapple plus enough water 
    to equal 2 1 /2 cups 

  • 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce

Method

  Combine all ingredients in a 1 1 /2-quart casserole dish.

Microwave Directions: 

  1. Cover the baking dish and cook on simmer or 50 percent power, for 55 minutes. 

  2. Remove from the oven and let sit, covered, for 15 to 20 minutes, then fluff with a fork and serve.

Oven Directions: 

  1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F°. 

  2. Bake covered on the middle rack of the oven for 55 minutes. 

  3. Remove from the oven and let sit, covered, for 15 to 20 minutes, then fluff with a fork and serve.

   Yield: 8 servings.

Excerpted from Cooking the Fat-Free Salt-Free Sugar-Free Flavor-Full Way, © 1997. Reprinted with permission from the publisher: The Crossing Press, P.O. Box 1048, Freedom, CA 95019. http://crossingpress.com.

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About The Author

Marcia Sabate Williams has used her culinary creativeness and skills as a New Orleans Creole cook to add excitement, flavor, and zest to salt, sugar, and fat restricted meals. Marcia demonstrates that with a little imagination, local favorite dishes can be prepared while still meeting the recommendations of the U.S. Dietary guidelines to reduce fat, sodium, and sugar in the American diet. 

 

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