For me, eating brown rice is one of the harder parts of the EFS diet because its so BLAND by itself and I've never liked any rice much at all. I'd love to know what your favorite fix-ups are. I tried eating kasha and quinoa instead, but found that I did not lose weight as quickly and was hungrier when I ate those instead of the brown rice.
Here are some of my favorite fix-ups:
Fix-up #1: Saute some onion and garlic in a non-stick pan with 1 tsp olive oil. Stir in 1 1/2 cup brown rice and 1/2 cup wild rice and saute. Add 4 cups of low-sodium chicken broth and cook as per usual. Sometimes I also add a pinch of cinnamon with the chicken broth.
Fix-up #2: Stir some salsa verde and chopped celery into nearly cooked rice and continue cooking until the liquid is absorbed and the celery is cooked. Sometimes also add some chopped sun-dried tomatoes (not oil-packed).
Fix-up #3: Cold rice salad. Mix rice with balsamic vinaigrette and all my favorite cold veggies and sometimes some garbanzo beans.