The Gluten-Free Homemaker

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The weather has gotten warmer so I’m using the oven less. This is a stovetop meal that is really simple, but is just the kind of thing my family loves. I started by cooking the brown rice in the afternoon. Even using the pressure cooker, I often find I don’t have time to cook brown rice at dinner time. Doing it in the afternoon ensures that we have a healthier meal. My family prefers brown rice cooked in chicken or vegetable broth, but I forgot to do that. It ended up not being a problem since I wasn’t serving the rice by itself. The other ingredients added enough flavor.

Beef & Rice Stovetop Meal

Ingredients

• 1 c. uncooked brown rice (I used basmati)
• 1 – 1 1/2 lbs. ground beef
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 – 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 12 medium mushrooms, sliced
• olive oil

Instructions

Cook the rice. In a large skillet, brown the ground beef and drain the fat. Remove the beef to a bowl. Add a little olive oil to the skillet and sauté the onions. When they are about half done, add the mushrooms. Sauté until tender. Move the onions and mushrooms aside and add the garlic. Sauté for about 1 minute. Add everything to the rice and toss to combine the ingredients.

I considered adding a can of diced tomatoes, but decided not to. Peppers would be a tasty addition to this recipe.

The asparagus I sautéed in butter until tender but crisp.

Next week: I thought it would be nice to change things up a bit so next week we will have a lunch edition. Share your gluten-free lunch ideas instead of dinner ideas. (If you forget or simply don’t want to write about lunch, we’ll be happy to read another dinner idea.)

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Labels: beef, main dish recipes, What's for Dinner Wednesday

# posted by Linda @ 6/02/2009