I love rice made in chicken broth.

rice (or other grains) cooked in broth really tastes better than plain. If you are looking for cold weather dishes:

To rice, add black, kidney, pinto, or red beans plus: coriander, cuman, and maybe some chile peppers. Chicken or beef or pork ground turkey a nice addition, but if you are going to eat cold only super low fat (i.e. boneless skinless chicken breasts, the 99% fat free ground turkey ). Because other wise the animal fat gels to me is gross.

To Pliaf or Couscous add garbzanzo beans amd curry power. If you want meat, chicken or ground turkey no beef no pork -again ultra low fat.

Oh yeah in either case, salt, pepper, garlic to taste. Parsley for the rice but not the curry.

Risotto !!

good point!

I just figured out my resistance to the veggie broth. It's vegetable soup. I hate vegetable soup. Luckily I read the ingredients and finally twinged to it when I saw it could be eaten as a soup.

erin_obscure, want four (yeah, there are four) quarts of TJ's Organic low-sodium vegetable broth? If not, I can donate it. I just like knowing things are actually used.

I will be all over those food ideas with chicken or a clear, light broth.

Sure! Getting home tonight after a couple weeks away from home I have a LOT of cooking to do. Feel like coming over for dinner tomorrow night? Or I could bring something to your place if yr up for some low key company.

Cook rice or pilaf or couscous in it, then add protein and veggiens? Make a lot of this casserole, eat some of it and freeze the rest for later. (Or eat off it for several days if you don't mind eating the same thing a bunch of days in a row,) If you have or are expecting hot weather make a casserole that is good cold.

TB beat me to it.

Quinoa with some spices (generally garlic and basil with TJ's everyday seasoning) and cooked in broth is my go to, grab'n go food. At meal time, I add lentils, or a boil in bag Indian entree...I love Paneer Matar and Bengal Veggies.

I like the quinoa cold too.

It's sacralige, I know, but I have been known to poach a nice piece of fish in left over chicken or veggie broth. It's quick and taste good enough to me.

That'd be great. I'd dig black kitty time, honestly. I don't even think I'll cry. Okay, maybe a little. But I adore your guys.

A bit of silliness after listening to James Cagney play George M. Cohen on The Big Broadcast.

Namesake and doppleganger.

It's all in the eyebrows, the center part and the sticky-outy ears.

Cathartic crying can be a good thing. I'm sure they will be thrilled to see you (though there may be some initial "hiding under the bed" time due to my recent repeated absences.