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Getting to the Heart of Weight Loss
If you want to lose weight and working out is not your thing, nutritionist JJ Smith may have the answer you've been looking for.
Ingredients
- 2 cup Long Grain White Rice
- 2 cup Unsweetened Coconut Milk
- 1 ½ cup water
- ½ cup warm water
- 2 -12oz cans dark red kidney beans, drained (do not discard can)
- 1 tablespoon Butter
- 2 stalks green onions (scallions)
- 4 sprigs thyme
- 1 tablespoon whole allspice
- 1 whole fresh Scotch Bonnet Pepper
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
Directions
- Heat medium size saucepan over medium heat, add butter and melt. Add rice and salt and stir to coat with butter. Add coconut milk. Add kidney beans.
- Add warm water to empty can of kidney beans and stir to agitate brown residue from bottom of can and add to rice. Add the rest of the water to rice and all other ingredients and stir. Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to a slow simmer and cover.
- Cook for approximately 25 minutes or until rice is cooked through and all water has evaporated. Remove scallions, thyme sticks and Scotch Bonnet Pepper and discard.
- Fluff rice with fork and serve.
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