what I'm eating....Thursday?

How is it Thursday already?  I had all sorts of plans for this winter break week, but wouldn't you know it, sickness invaded..... AGAIN.   I've had a bit of a cold all month, nothing terrible, but I caught something from a friend of mine over the weekend, and yesterday it hit me like a ton of bricks.  I spent the day on the couch, I got up only to feed the kids (by calling for a pizza) or to let the dog out.  L&E were really good about keeping themselves occupied, because Mom's don't usually get to take a sick day.  E did crack me up at one point, when she asked me if I was sick because I had a baby in my belly.  No E, there is NO chance of that. : )

I'm a million times better now, so I figured I would do my What I'm Eating Wednesday post today, about my favorite rice.

We'll eat rice along with stir fry, or in burritos, but mostly as a side dish.  Brown rice kind of bores me, so we keep these two varieties on hand, one is called Black Japonica and the other is a Jubilee mix.  These are great because they cook perfectly, and you can taste each different kind of grain, I had never even heard of mahogany rice before I tried these.  I cook it with a mix of chicken stock and water, and usually add cooked onions and mushrooms to the mix.  But the other night I had a box of frozen chopped spinach, so I defrosted it, drained out the water, and mixed it in with the finished rice.  I was surprised at how well the spinach worked:

Looks good, no? 

So tell me, how do you make grains? Are you a straight up rice person or do you experiment with things like quinoa?  I'm always up for something new, so I'd love to hear it.