While whole grain boxed breakfast cereals and bread from the supermarket are less dangerous than some foods, they are not a recipe for good health and inspired works.

Every day, your body wants boiled whole grains such as brown rice, millet, quinoa, barley, oats, buckwheat and corn, and you will have cravings until you get it.

Grains take a while to cook, usually 45-50 minutes, but there are healthy ways of speeding it up, like soaking overnight, adding minerals and pressure cooking.

Brown rice is a food I eat every day, and I have solid ideas, good followthrough, and proper digestion when I chew it well.

If you think brown rice is boring, here are 6 ways you may have not thought of having it:

1. Pressure Cooked Short Grain Brown Rice With Chestnuts and Kombu 2. Boiled Short Grain Brown Rice, with Sweet Rice, Azuki Beans & Sea Salt 3. Pressure Cooked Medium Grain Brown Rice With Kidney Beans & Ume Vinegar 4. Boiled Short Grain Brown Rice with Lentils & Vegetable Stock 5. Boiled Jasmine Brown Rice with Coconut Milk & Almonds
6. Fried Short Grain Brown Rice with Water Chestnuts, Tofu, Scallions & Shoyu

Rice can be saved for 2-3 days in the fridge, reheats easily and can be made into nice rolls with nori sea vegetable, similar to sushi, which adds
great flavor and minerals that balance your blood if you eat things like tomatoes, chocolate, meat and eggplant, holding off arthritis and osteoporosis.

Millet is another grain that is easy to use, flexible and tastes great. Simply toast 1 cup of it lightly in a pan, then add 1 cup diced onions, carrots, green cabbage and winter squash (any amounts, use all, one or any combination), 3 1/2 cups water, and a postage stamp sized piece of kombu sea weed, boil and simmer for :30. Add a bit of vegetable stock if it’s getting dry, then stir and enjoy. Very hearty this time of year!!

Corn is my personal favorite. You can make corn grits, cornbread (I have a nice no yeast no dairy no sugar recipe, ask me for it), polenta or tortillas in a heartbeat,
then fill up with soy sour cream, beans, onions, mushrooms, salsa, some cumin and cilantro and BAM–that’s a meal the whole family will enjoy.

There are some other grains that you may have never heard of, such as Teff, Amaranthe and Bulghur, that are also a lot of fun, yummy and good for you.

Please eat more boiled grains. They are good for you, and eating them daily is a great way for us to improve this world.

Let me know how it’s going after trying this for a month. Are you able to focus better, are you more creative and open-minded? Does your body feel more peaceful?

Ah, the magic of nature!!