If you’re trying to include more WHOLE grains in your diet, don’t overlook the traditional white-rice side dishes. It’s so easy to convert these recipes just by subsituting brown rice, cooked barley or other whole grains for the refined-carbohydrate white rice. Try these 3 recipes, then use the same strategy on your own favorite rice recipes.

Spanish Rice
2 cups cooked brown rice or barley
1 cup tomato sauce
1 bunch green onions, chopped (white part)
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon oregano
pinch cayenne, to taste
1 cup frozen peas
1/4 cup sliced stuffed olives (optional)
Chopped cilantro or Italian parsley for garnish (optional)

Combine the grains, tomato sauce, onions and spices in a pot. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in the peas and olives and cook 2-3 minutes more. Garnish with cilantro or parsley if desired.

4 servings

Wild Rice with Dried Cherries or Cranberries
Here’s a simple, festive side dish that’s a favorite in our house.

4 cups cooked wild rice
1/2 cup dried cherries, dried cranberries or other dried fruit of your choice

Mix the dried fruit into the wild rice while it’s still hot, or heat them together in the microwave.

4-6 servings

Biryani
This traditional Indian rice dish is even more delicious, and certainly more healthful, when made with brown rice or barley.

1 sweet onion, chopped
1 green pepper, diced
2 carrots, diced
1 tablespoon minced fresh gingerroot
1/2 cup bouillon
4 cups cooked barley or brown rice
1/2 cup golden raisins
1 16-ounce can pink beans or kidney beans, drained
pinch cayenne, or to taste
1 cup frozen green peas
1 ripe tomato, chopped
1/4 cup chopped cilantro or Italian parsley leaves

Bring the onion, green pepper, carrots and ginger root and 1/2 cup of bouillon to a boil and simmer, covered, until the carrots are tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in the remaining ingredients and heat through.

6-8 servings

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Anxiety disorder treatments offer the ability to stop worrying. Those that suffer from this condition often face day in and day out of worrying. They fight to find a way to do the simple things that many people take for granted. Yet, if you are facing anxiety disorder symptoms, you can and you should seek out the help that you need for them. Anxiety disorder treatments vary from person to person, but the fact is that people can find the help that they need so badly.

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Your doctor will provide you with a bit of testing. You will likely be tested to determine if you have a specific type of anxiety disorder such as obsessive compulsive disorder, separation anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder or several other conditions. Once this ruling is done, the right form of anxiety disorder treatment will be pursued.

Treatments are likely to be in several forms:

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Anxiety attack symptoms often leave a person believing that the worst is going to happen to them. If you are reading this, looking for answers about your specific condition, you need to take note that the way that you feel is not necessarily reality. This can be very hard to understand and it can be quite impossible to wrap your mind around. Yet, anxiety attack symptoms can be very real and very scary in themselves. Understanding what these symptoms are, and working to correct them, will allow you to excel in treatments for yourself.

What Symptoms Are Evident?

The first thing to understand about your anxiety panic disorder, social anxiety disorder or any other form of anxiety disorder is that the symptoms you face are symptoms and not reality. It is important to spot these anxiety attack symptoms so that you can ultimately see it coming on and treat it.

Here are some of the feelings and symptoms that you may experience during an anxiety attack:

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