Cilantro Lime Rice with Pineapple

 1 cup dry white rice, cooked according to directions

2 tablespoons real butter

Juice from 1 large lime, or two smaller ones (taste as you go, I add a lot!)

1 small can crushed pineapple, drained (You may want 2 small cans)

½ – ¾ cups chopped fresh cilantro

Salt and pepper to taste

Cook rice. As soon as it’s done, toss in the butter and stir to melt. Add lime juice, pineapple, and cilantro. Stir to combine, and then add salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.

You’ll want to serve this right away, if you don’t, the flavors tend to mellow a bit and you’ll probably need to add more lime juice because the rice kind of sucks it up.If you’re not quite ready to eat when your rice finishes cooking, just toss in the butter and keep a lid on it so it stays warm.Then right before you serve it, toss it all together.

Spanish Rice

 

Ingredients

• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 4–6 cloves garlic, minced
• 6–8 ounces uncooked bacon (1/2 package)
• 28 oz. stewed tomatoes
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 1/4 cups long-grain rice
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 1/4 teaspoons chili powder
• 1/8–1/4 teaspoons Tabasco sauce

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Instructions

Cut bacon into 1″ pieces and cook until crisp in a Dutch oven if possible. Remove from pan and drain the grease, reserving 2 tablespoons in the pan. Return the pan to medium heat and add the onion, garlic, and bell pepper. Cook until the onions are translucent and fragrant. While the onions are cooking, place the tomatoes in the jar of your blender and pulse 2-3 times to chop them. Add the seasonings, Tabsco sauce, and Worcestershire sauce to the tomatoes and then, when the onions are done cooking, add the tomato mixture, seasonings, and rice and and bring to a boil. Stir, cover, and reduce heat to low. Cook for 20-25 minutes at low elevations or closer to an hour for high elevations or until the rice is cooked, stirring occasionally to make sure the rice is not burning. Serves 6-8-ish and makes great leftovers.