Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2           cup  uncooked brown rice
  2               cups  water
  1         tablespoon  wine vinegar
                        water
  4             cloves  garlic
  4             stalks  celery
  1                     green pepper
  1                     carrot
  1                     bay leaf
  1        small   can  stewed tomatoes
  1           teaspoon  dry oregano
  1           teaspoon  dry basil
     1/4      teaspoon  cumin
                        fresh cilantro

Preparation:

Put the brown rice on to cook. Put vinegar and water in a heavy skillet and cook garlic, celery and green pepper (all chopped). Add enough water to the skillet to steam the carrot, add chopped carrot and bay leaf and cover skillet. When carrot is soft, add stewed tomatoes, oregano, basil and cumin. By now the rice should be done. Add the brown rice, lower flame and simmer for 15 minutes. Garnish with fresh cilantro and eat. Yum Yum Yum! I hope you like it! Also, just wanted to note, I started this program just before travelling home from Christmas at my parents' house. I stopped at a restaurant with a salad bar, got veggie soup, salade and a plain baked potato on the side. They had fruit on the salad bar too, so I could have had that for dessert, but I didn't have any room left in the

Nutritional Information:

182 Calories (kcal); 1g Total Fat; (4% calories from fat); 6g Protein; 43g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 250mg Sodium