A new year. A new plan.


For 2011, after struggling to come up with a singular New Years Resolution for ourselves, we decided to do break down our ideas and goals and do each of them for a set period of time. We started on January 3rd with "Not Eating Out" for 36.5 days and set out to keep the momentum going over the entire year. What we found throughout that process though, was the easier, less collaborative they got, the harder it was to keep, and the easier they were to let go. We SO enjoyed everyday of our toughest challenges - and this year, having reflected on what worked and what didn't- we've decided to bring back our favorites- push ourselves by doing less longer and keeping each other motivated along the way...


So, for 2012, please join us on our new adventure and wild ride that will be 50 days.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Shhhh! It's Forbidden!

Black (Forbidden) rice is my latest superfood obsession!

Meaning, if you've been to our house for a meal in the last week or so, you've definitely been served this in some form within the larger meal we cooked for you (and isn't it great?!)!

Top 5 reasons to worship my new favorite superfood:
1. It's so purple it's almost black- and I do love all things purple.
2. Because it's purple (so dark in coloring), it contains amazing levels of antioxidants (love antioxidants!), such as anthocyanin (which has wide-spread benefits such as improving memory & preventing heart disease).
3. Actually, a study this year found that a spoonful of black rice contains more anthorcyanian than blueberries, but with less sugar (he-oh!).
4. Black rice actually has a higher concentration of anthocyanians than any other food! Great bang for your antioxidant buck!
5. Similarly to brown rice, black rice retains the bran cover on each grain of rice, meaning the nutritional benefits remain (score!). So you are definitely getting your necessary intakes of iron and fiber.

Stay tuned for my newest development in vegan chili recipes that include black rice...!
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5 comments:

  1. Cindy DeMayoJanuary 12, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    Oh my goodness, my Korean roommate always cooked with a mixture of black and regular white rice, but just the other night on Iron Chef, Alton Brown explained the "forbidden" part of it, which I had never heard before! Just goes to show ya, you really do learn something new then realize it's been all around you already :-) I'm loving the new blog! When I'm back, I'd love to accompany you guys for some of them- yoga, gym, DC exploration... :-)

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  2. JessJanuary 12, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    Cindy! Yay for making the first comment! You rock! Curious... what was the "forbidden" part that you learned about?
    Can't wait to have you join us in D.C.!

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  3. Cindy DeMayoJanuary 12, 2011 at 11:28 PM

    Haha, Alton explained that the Emperor considered all black rice to be his own property so no one else was allowed to have/eat it.

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  4. Lisa StoneJanuary 14, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    So how does it taste in compared to brown rice? I am intrigued.

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  5. JessJanuary 14, 2011 at 5:55 PM

    Honestly, I can't really tell any difference- I asked Jon the same thing- we both agree that we like the taste better than white rice, but it's almost the same as brown, just with the added benefits :o)

    We have been able to find it at Whole Foods, but not Trader Joes yet...

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