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For the past year, I've had the experience of being a part of the Niagara Falls Boys and Girls Club Cookbook Committee. Our committee is in the process of finishing our cookbook, A Stir In The Mist: Tastes and Traditions of Niagara Falls. It is a collection of recipes from the Niagara Falls community and local restaurants. All proceeds from the sale of this book will go directly to the Niagara Falls Boys and Girls Club. Just recently I have relocated to Ohio, but still wanted to be involved with the book. After watching the movie Julie and Julia, I was inspired to share the great recipes from our cookbook and the experience I had making each of them. I hope you will enjoy the journey I will take stirring my way through A Stir In The Mist!

Let the "stirring" begin!

Well I have started this venture through the cookbook. First things first, each recipe I do will only be a little story about the steps it took to get to the final product. There will be no ingredients given out and no steps to how I got every great tasting recipe to turn out so delicious. That is for you to find out when you purchase or when someone else purchases"A Stir in the Mist" for you!!

I will apologize now for any grammar or punctuation mistakes I may make. I know I am coming from a family of educators, therefore I should know better about these things, but I may make a few mistakes. Soo lets get started....

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

King Ranch Rice

Well if you have been following my blog, yesterday I posted the King Ranch Chicken recipe. I let it sit through the night in the fridge and it is all ready for dinner today. A great side dish to make with that recipe is King Ranch Rice. This recipe is under the sides in "A Stir in The Mist".
This rice dish is so easy and quick to make.
You can either use white or brown rice and the celery is an option.
The diced tomatoes and chilies add such a nice taste to this side dish. It gives it a little bite but it is not to hot to handle. The nice part about King Ranch Rice is that it brings together the whole taste of King Ranch Chicken. The ingredients in King Ranch Rice are so similar to the chicken recipe that there really is not another dish that could compliment it so well.






When making this recipe you will cook your rice separate with the chicken broth and then you will combine everything into one pan. This rice dish can be eaten cold or hot, whatever you prefer. When cooking the rice, I under cooked mine just a little because once you add it to the other ingredients you will cook a little more.
I hope you enjoy this recipe when you purchase "A Stir in The Mist" for your own home!




1 comment:

Unknown said...

Nat, your blog is so wonderful. If your blog does not make people want the cookbook, they are nuts!! Your pictures are incredible too! Miss you!

Ang