[in2it2heal]

Thank you Bruce, for replying! I only read my first book on macrobiotics over the weekend and that was the Hip Chicks...it was what was available to me...lol.

I decided to make a slow transition while I expanded my education on macrobiotics, but I at least wanted to cut out meat, dairy, refined flour, and sugar, add organic food and brown rice, but I didn't have most of the things on hand to start.

So, I don't have a steel pot yet, or a pressure cooker yet, and I coudln't find organic brown rice at my local grocery store.

So, I used a teflon pot on my electric stove and I followed the quantity directions in the Hip Chick book, which was 2 cups brown rice to 4 cups water, soaked overnight.

(I am beginning to see why this went very, very wrong...lol.)

I don't own any cookbooks yet. I'm excited to get some. What should I be reading? And what kind of rice should I be buying? I don't really know much about the different kinds of brown rice.

I appreciate any and all help you can offer!

Peace,
Amy