Date: Tue, 08 Mar 94 13:34:39 EST From: jane@apollo.hp.com Vegetables and Rice ------------------- Time estimate: 15 minutes to chop, 45 minutes to cook Ingredients: bunch of broccoli 1 carrot 3 or so scallions, to make about 1/2 cup when chopped some mushrooms, to make about 1/2 cup when chopped 1 clove of garlic parseley to taste, I use about 2 Tbsp 3/4 cup of brown rice 1 1/2 cup water 2 buillion cubes (the amount of buillion cubes that would go with 2 cups water) . Chop: broccoli, keeping stem separate from broccoli flowers (peeled or scraped) carrot scallions mushrooms garlic (I run this through a garlic press) Heat in big saucepan about 1/4 of an inch of water on high heat. Add: scallions garlic broccoli stems (NOT flowers) carrot Cover and let steam for about 5 minutes. Add to saucepan: mushrooms brown rice 1 1/2 cups water parseley buillion cubes Stir once, keep covered on high heat until it comes to a very big boil. Stir again, then cover and turn down heat to very low. Cook on very low (don't remove cover--I use glass cover to saucepan so I can see in there) until the water has been mostly absorbed, about 35 minutes. At this point, the rice should have about 5 minutes to go (taste it to see). Put in the broccoli flower on the top so that they get steamed for about 5 minutes or less. Before serving, stir up to mix broccoli flower with the rest and serve.