boring old white rice...

Rice queen here! lol First of all, there are lots of great rices out there, and my two favorites are sushi rice, and Jasmine rice. Brown rice is better for you and has a nutty crunchy texture. Jasmine is my favorite. It smells wonderful and cooks better than the plain rice. I like to add things like, grated cheese, cheese whiz, or a creamy salad dressing like ranch or blue cheese. Stir frying it is awsome too. Make your rice and stick it in the fridge to get it cold. Take a deep non-stick pan, get it heated up, place a pat, of butter into the pan, and add your rice. Use a spatula and stir it around getting the rice coated. Add some teruyaki sauce to that and just pan fry it. You can add veggies, and meat to make a meal, but I love the plain stir fry rice best.

I like to experiment with leftover rice. What I do is saute garlic in butter and then add the rice and mix it well - that makes garlic rice. If I want to make it more flavorful, I toss in bits of meat, bacon or hotdog and leftover fried fish and veggies (carrots, green peas, corn). I call it Yang Chow style, like the one they have in a Chinese restaurant. It actually becomes a meal in itself, while utilizing any leftovers I had the previous days. It's an economical yet tasty dish!:)

I like rice with a bit of soy sauce or ranch dressing. Sometimes, I put a piece of cheese on top to melt. I have also been known to mix in a bit of cream cheese. It really tastes good. I love rice but was under the impression that it wouldn't be very helpful in my dieting efforts. That it has too many carbs and such. Am I wrong? Should I try to have that for lunch instead of a slim fast shake?

I eat rice almost every other day. I try to vary it by adding a spice or tow to it. My favorite way to make white rice is to add some Cumin to the water (or broth) before adding the rice. The flavor of the Cumin goes right into the rice while it is cooking. It is awesome.

What I usually do with my rice is I stir fry it with left over chicken or any meat or I just put in some soy sauce and put in an egg

I'm a little amazed that an American people like you like rice so much.Maybe you are an Asian immigrants,in my mind,local Americans usually don't eat too much rice.In China,cooked rice is the staple daily food for everyone.The best rice in China comes from Northest Area,the rice comes from Thailand is also welcomed by lots of Chinese people.

Well one of the rice recipe that i love is garlic like where you would need to have finely chopped garlic,cooked rice,cooking oil,salt,pepper and a hot pan.First put the cookin oil into the hot pant,next throw in the garlic,be sure not to burn it,then the cooked roce and stir it after a few minutes put in the salt and pepper and your all done.Happy eating and have a nice day.