Eating Well for your Own Good

Eating Well for your Own Good 

Cooking has been shown to provide physical, cognitive, social, and intrapersonal therapeutic advantages. Cooking as therapy is advantageous since it fosters creativity. Cooking also boosts people's self-esteem since it helps them to care for others. Most meals also generate a sense of instant satisfaction.

Sometimes even the simplest of dishes can bring out positivity in your lifestyle. Here we have for you two dishes which both include Sorghum rice from Sorghum Cahaya Timur. Some benefits of this specific type of rice that you may want to know are that it is rich in antioxidants that help reduce oxidative stress and inflammation. High in fiber (96 grams of sorghum meets 20% of your daily fiber needs), supports digestive health, stabilizes blood sugar levels and controls weight. Sorghum is as rich in protein as quinoa (10g per cooked cup). Rich in Vitamin Band magnesium, essential for metabolism, nerve growth, healthy skin and hair, bone growth, healthy art and protein metabolism.

To cook the Sorghum Rice:

- The Sorghum to Water ration should be 1:3

- If cooked in a rice cooker. The process should be the same as cooking normal rice.

- If cooked on a stove. Pour Sorghum and water in a pot. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. cover and cook for 50-60 minutes until tender and chewy. Stir occasionally. After cooking, let it cool for 5 minutes. Drain excess liquid. Add a pinch of salt to taste.

Now moving on to the dishes.

 SORGHUM RICE WITH ROAST CHICKEN AND VEGETABLES

The ingredients:

- Sorghum Rice

- Lettuce

- Carrots

- Cucumber

- Tomato

- Olive Oil

- Salt

- Pre-Bought Roast chicken (as this will save you time) or you can make your own and follow this link for the recipe.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/83557/juicy-roasted-chicken/

1. Firstly, cook your sorghum rice. Make sure that it is cooked as mentioned above.

2. Cut up all your vegetables into thin slices.

3. Cut your roast chicken into thin strips.

4. Plate them all together for them to look nicely.

5. Add oil and salt on top of it all. 

All this should take less than 10 minutes to make considering you have already made your rice.

SORGHUM RICE CHICKEN SALAD WITH SESAME DRESSING

The ingredients:

- Sorghum Rice

- Chicken Breast

- Cucumber 

- Lettuce

- Carrots

- Olive Oil

- Salt 

- Kweepie Sesame Dressing

1. Get your Sorghum rice nice and ready to be plated

2. Cut up your vegetables.

3. Shred your chicken breast into small pieces and cook them in the pan with olive oil until they turn into a nice brown colour.

4. For the dressing, add olive oil, salt and kweepie sesame dressing. By adding olive oil and salt it will allow the sesame dressing to not be too thick.

5. Plate all your vegetables and chicken together.

6. Add the dressing on top and mix well.