Recipe: Country Breakfast Cereal (using brown rice)

COUNTRY BREAKFAST CEREAL

1 cup uncooked brown rice
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup seedless raisins or dried cranberries
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 1/4 cups water*
Milk or cream (optional)
Honey or brown sugar (optional)
Fresh fruit or toasted nuts (optional)

Combine rice, butter, salt, raisins and cinnamon with water in 2- to 3-quart saucepan. Bring to a boil; stir. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 40 to 50 minutes, or until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed.

Fluff with fork. Serve with milk or cream, honey or brown sugar, and fresh fruit or nuts, if desired.

*For moister rice, add 1/4 cup of water.

Note: Make Country Breakfast Cereal using leftover cooked brown rice. For 3 cups cooked rice, add butter or margarine, salt, raisins or cranberries and cinnamon above, and heat in a saucepan or in your microwave oven until heated through. Add optional ingredients, as desired.

Servings: 6
Source: USA Rice Federation