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Angel - consider us your IBS family. WE all understand and support you. I assume you were diagnosed with IBS by your Doctor? Yes? What did your Mother say when you were diagnosed? Did your Doc take the time to explain IBS to her? Take care, your "sister" in IBS.
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ConcreteAngel, I don't pretend to know what is going on between you and your parents but reading your posts in this thread got me thinking. You were saying how you felt when they put hamburgers and milk on the dinner table. Do you think that part of their resistance towards your dietary changes is because they are preparing your meals? I could be miles off with this but it just seemed to remind me of when I became vegetarian at the age of 14. For two weeks my mother kept putting meat on my plate and I refused to eat it. After two weeks of that I got so hungry that I gave up (temporarily) on the veggie diet. I spoke to my mother and realised that part of her resistance was due to thinking it was just a fad and that she didn't want to have to prepare a separate meal just for me. Indeed I don't think she would have known what to cook for me as it was an alien concept to her. The solution was to agree to cook my own meals. I wasn't used to cooking back then, so I had to learn fast. And over time the rest of my family got to taste my new meals and realised it was a perfectly valid diet.
I'm now 27 and live away from home. But now when my mum visits she cooks for me happily. It has to be said that my dad isn't terribly supportive of my new diet - he doesn't seem to understand that I have a real problem with eating out - so many restaurants around here put cheese in all their veggie meals *sigh*
Anyway, my point is that parental resistance to dietary changes of any sort, and for any reason, is not unusual. Finding the reason for the resistance was what has helped me. And I learned to cook into the bargain.
Hope that's helpful to you,
geekgirl
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Angela - Parents can be strange animals sometimes!
Did you check the site heather gave you for one recipe? Here's the other one:
BANANA PECAN BREAKFAST RICE PUDDING
Makes 6 serv.
1 c uncooked rose rice
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg, freshly ground if poss.
1/2 c brown sugar
4 c vanilla soy milk
1/4 c pecans, toasted, finely chopped
2 firm ripe bananas, diced
Soak rice in cold water for 30 min and drain. Rinse and drain again. In lg stockpot add rice to all remaining ingredients except pecans and bananas, stirring well. Bring to simmer over med lo heat uncovered and continue to simmer gently, stirring until rice is tender and begins to disintegrate, about 30 min. If pudding becomes too thick add more soy milk as necessary. Cool pudding and fold inn pecans and bananas.
cal 313.81
pro 7.76 g
carb 51.07 g
fat 9.88g
sod 26.96 mg
fiber 4.75g
Good Luck!
Sharon (remember, I'm the one from NJ 30 years ago--near Cherry Hill)
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Hi Heather!
I tried making this recipe over the weekend and did something wrong as it came out very dry...not creamy at all.
Do you think I over cooked it? I couldn't find short grain rice so I used long grain..would that matter?
Thanks for your help!
bern
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I think I used a long grain rice the first time and it was watery. The second time I used the short grain rice and it turned out great. I think the rice might be a factor, but I am not sure why it turned out dry. Did you use enough soy milk? Maybe it did cook too long. Sorry, not a ton of help.
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i have asked my mother if i could make my own meals. sometimes she does, when i beg. otherwise, my parents dont think its fair for me to eat whatever i wanted, and think thats its only moral to eat witht he family, exactly what theyre eating
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Hi - You do need to use short grain white rice - it's much starchier and that contributes to the creaminess. Also, make sure you started with cold cooked rice, and not dry uncooked.
Best,
Heather
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Hi - I just love Basmati or Arborio rices. THey're so creamy when they're cooked. I usually always use these. Some people don't like the creaminess, but when I'm the cook, I guess I can use whatever I like, right? The longer grain rices tend to be dryer.
I always make my rice in the microwave. I think it comes out more moist than just boiling it on the stovetop. Just my opinion. And, then I don't have a pot to wash either and I can serve it in the dish in which it was cooked.
Sharon
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"Anything Chocolate"...that is all!
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how do you cook rice in the microwave?
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Angela - the same as on the stove with ingredients. For instance, 1 cup of rice would take about 2-1/4 c water or broth. No need for butter or fats but you could add some salt. Partially cover the dish (glass preferably) and put a paper towel under the dish because sometimes it boils over. Don't cover the dish tightly or better yet, use a microwave plastic cover--one that goes over the whole dish and rests on the floor of the microwave. That way, the steam can escape and probably won't boil over (don't know why I didn't think of that before!!!Duuuhhhh! Anyway, after 10 min on hi, stop oven and stir rice. Put back on for another 5 or 10 min (depending on how much rice is in there) and then stir and check again. When the liquid is mostly absorbed and the rice tastes done, stop the oven and let it sit in there until you're ready to eat. That way it'll stay warm too. Or take it out after it's done and let it cool before putting in fridge.
When you want some rice just for a snack, take some out of the fridge, put in a microwave save bowl or dish, add a few drops of water (maybe 1/4-1/2 tsp), stir and put in microwave about 30 seconds or until hot. Don't put it in too long or you'll have rice jerky!!
If you need anything else, just post. Good Luck! (I found instant brown rice in the grocery store that's pretty good) and doesn't take very long to cook.
Usually the rice boxes/bags have microwave directions on them.
Sharon
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