*This giveaway is now closed. Scroll down to see the winner!*
As you may already know, I am very, very picky about the products I will accept for review and giveaway on Savvy Eats.
When I’m approached about reviewing a food product, I ask myself four things:
1. Does this product fit into my “ethical eating” ideals?
2. Can I find a comparable product locally?
3. Does the company practice growing habits or buy from suppliers with growing practices that I can stand behind?
4. Is this a product I would buy and eat on a regular basis, if I like the sample?
Only when the answers to all four of these questions are positive do I accept the product. I don’t want to compromise my values or waste your time recommending a product that isn’t great.
When Rice Select emailed me about reviewing their rice, I was hesitant. What was so special about rice? I could just get it in the bulk bins at the co-op or grocery store, right?
Wrong.
I peppered the PR people with questions about the product and its processing. I loved that Rice Select’s products are all GMO-free. They go to great lengths to ensure that all of their products are of the highest quality possible. I loved that the rice undergoes minimal processing before being packaged into recyclable containers.
Plus, the white rice in the bulk section of our co-op wasn’t quite measuring up for me. Don’t get me wrong, I love the variety available and the brown rice is great. I love the texture that brown rice lends to stir-fries and the like, and we usually eat brown rice over white. But sometimes, with things like curry, nothing beats a bed of soft and fluffy rice to soak up the sauce and help cut the spice. And I still hadn’t found a white rice I really liked…until this Texmati rice.
I first used the Texmati rice (the first successfully-grown basmati rice in the US) they sent me on Sunday with my red chickpea curry, and it made for the fluffiest white rice I have ever cooked.
On Monday, I served more of the Texmati rice with some tikka masala (recipe to come). Once again, the rice was soft and fluffy and perfect.
So while I’ll keep buying my brown rice at the co-op, I think I’ll be buying Rice Select rice as my white alternative from now on.
Happily, Rice Select has generously offered to share the rice love with one of you! One Savvy Reader will receive Texmati rice in a RiceSelect tote.
To enter, just leave a comment below telling me your favorite way to eat rice! Simple as that.
I’ll randomly select a winner on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 12.
*Sorry, this product will only ship to readers in the United States.*
*This giveaway is now closed. The winner is… *
- October 5, 2011 at 9:39 am
we eat a LOT of rice. I love it in risotto and underneath a spicy curry. and with chili! always, always with chili.
Congratulations, Brandi! Email me your shipping information, and we’ll get you your prize!
I love to eat rice with redbeans or topped with taco fixings (refried beans, cheese, avocado and salsa)!
favorite ways to eat rice:
1. in Sushi.
2. sitting cross legged in my recliner, watching something ridiculous on TV [a la Bravo or E!]
3. covered in sauce of one sort of another [I am the queen of condiments after all. Nicholas refers to my fridge as "a whole world of condiment" - as in, "you went in to a whole world of condiment, and returned to me with honey mustard and sweet pecan bbq sauce?" ]
i LOVE rice with stir frys and lately as a base for my Indian recipes!
I love to eat rice under a huge pile of roasted veggies… It makes a great, easy week-night meal and let’s me use all the best veggies for the season! Thanks for sharing and I’ll keep my eyes open for the tiki masala recipe! I’ll be excited to try it- always looking for an easy way to make it at home!
My husband and I love cooking sushi rice and shrimp
we eat a LOT of rice. I love it in risotto and underneath a spicy curry. and with chili! always, always with chili.
My favorite way to eat rice is underneath a ladle of a spicy turkey chili I make in the slow cooker – the best rice for it to me is short grain brown. Actually, I’ve been wanting to try that brand of rice!
I can’t decided between sushi and risotto as my favorite way to get rice into my mouth.
The Rice Select’s Arborio makes for a prett fantastic risotto.
Gotta go with Heather on this one. Sushi!
Or anything my sister makes really… she made this awesome chicken and rice thing in the slow cooker the other week. Yummy!
Risotto! I don’t make it all that often but I love it and it screams comfort food and fall to me.
I eat rice with just about everything, but I especially love it stir fried with lots of veggies!
My favorite way to eat rice is with some kind of stir fry. Preferably the sweet and sour with tofu variety. Oooh or Mango with sticky rice.
Fun Fact: I’m pretty sure I never ate rice, or stir fry….or maybe even Chinese food….until my senior year in high school. Now it is one of my favorite foods.
I love to eat rice with sesame chicken or with just soy sauce-yum!
My mom LOVES texmati rice! I like to make rice in the rice cooker with some cayenne, sometimes a can of tomatoes instead of rice, a bay leaf or a dried hot pepper and serve it as a side!
Mmm, rice. I love a good dose of rice with chinese food – cliche but true!
Awesome, love this!
My favorite way to eat rice is with fish and corn…total comfort food. 
I love to make risotto!
I love rice with stir fry!
My favorite rice dish of all time is rice and beans. It reminds me of home.
I LOVE a good rice pilaf! With mushrooms and herbs, yum!
My fav way to eat rice is with a stir-fry or as a pudding.
My mother-in-law uses Texmati rice but I didn’t realize how ethical they were! I’d love to win, some of my favorite ways to eat rice is to make a coconut curry dish and spoon it over the rice so it soaks up all the sauce
Oh my goodness, Julie. How did you know that chicken tikka masala over rice is my absolute favorite? Can’t wait for that recipe!
Plain old cheesy rice is probably my favorite, but I eat rice with most meals just because it’s delicious and easy to cook up a big batch of!
Plain and simple. Just a little bit of salt and a pat of butter. Rice is my favorite side dish. I always take my rice home from the Chinese restaurant too!
My favorite way to enjoy rice is with most any Asian cuisine, especially Chinese and Thai. Yum!
I love rice in veggie burgers!
I love rice plain. I love it more in stir fries, filled to the brim w/ veggies and tofu. But my favorite way of eating rice in beneath a steaming hot curry. Indian food is the BEST!
Thanks for the chance to try this delicious-sounding rice!
My fav way to eat rice is in a salad! Sounds weird but I newly discovered the art of bulking up my salads with some rice!
Rice-mmm
I love to eat rice broccoli and tofu. It is like the health trinity for me.
i also just love how pretty it is.
i love eating rice with some stir fry
Honestly, my favorite way to each rice is rice pudding. Nice, thick rice pudding with a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg. My son and I like to share this treat together.
Do rice krispies treats count???
i really enjoy rice! some favorites are in burrito bowls, healthy “fried” rice, and in stuffed peppers or tomatoes! mmm.
We love rice! I make a lot of Asian food, so I would say our favorite way to eat rice is with Asian food. Underneath a nice stir fry or sesame chicken or something like that.
I make rice often as a side for Mexican-style dishes (enchiladas, burritos, etc), but I’ve also started falling in love with risotto.
I love sticky rice with Tonkatsu or Orange Chicken
I love to eat rice in mexican rice casserole or with sweet and sour chicken on top!!
nothing like rice n stir fry!!! that’s what i ate growing up pretty much every day
sushi! And you can make so many different combinations!
I love stir fried rice with veggies, bean sprouts, tofu and soybeans!
sa-weet!