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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Success® Rice. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own, as always.

This week I tried something a little different for my family: I made a curried chicken dish and served it on a bed of delicious, fragrant jasmine rice. Doesn’t that sound fantastic? And complicated?

If you have read my blog for a while, then you know that complicated is NOT how I roll! No way, friends! I got stuff to do…get me in and out of the kitchen fast! So when I come up with an idea that is close to effortless but looks super fancy, I’m all over it. I was inspired to get adventurous in the kitchen once I learned about the fragrant rice varieties available through . Want to see what I made?

Curried Chicken Thighs Over Jasmine Rice

Ingredients:

2 pounds chicken thighs (I used bone-in because they are less expensive, but boneless is fine)

2 Tbsp curry powder

1 Tbsp honey

1 tsp salt

1/3 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)

3 Tbsp oil (I recommend olive oil)

1 package Success® Thai Jasmine Rice

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, combine the curry powder, honey, salt, red pepper flakes and oil. Then add your chicken thighs and coat the chicken pieces evenly.

Place chicken thighs in a baking pan. I suggest lining the pan with aluminum foil for easier clean up, but that is optional. If you don’t line the pan, spray it with cooking spray. Bake 35 minutes or until the chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear.

Meanwhile, bring a pot of water to a boil. Drop your package of Success® Thai Jasmine Rice into the boiling water, and cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes. That’s right, just 10 minutes! Then follow the package instructions for bag removal and rice draining.

Serve the chicken on top of the rice for a beautiful, fragrant, and super easy dish that will taste like an exotic culinary triumph!

Success® Rice is such a key pantry staple because there’s no measuring involved, no mess, and the results are absolutely perfect in 10 minutes or less! The Thai Jasmine Rice was truly exceptional, and I’m delighted to see it available as one of several great varieties int he Success line. In your local store, you can also find Success® Whole Grain Brown Rice, Success® White Rice and Success® Basmati Rice. Basmati will be the one I pick up on my next grocery trip! What about you? Be sure to print the coupon (link found below!) before you head out on your next shopping trip!

And please visit SuccessRice.com for quick and easy recipes that will help you get dinner on the table in a flash. You can also Like the Success® Rice Facebook page to get even more great recipes and lifestyle tips that make mealtimes easier and more fun!

A message from Success® Rice:

With 4 varieties available including: Success® Whole Grain Brown Rice and Success® White Rice, and globally-inspired aromatic varieties of Success® Rice, including fragrant Thai Jasmine or Basmati Rice, there’s a variety everyone in your family will love. Try your own twist on one of your favorite recipes by swapping an aromatic variety into some of your go-to rice dishes. To accommodate various households, Success® Whole Grain Brown Rice and Success® White Rice comes in two different sizes – 14 oz. or 32 oz.

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Yesterday I made a dessert (an easy rice dish) for myself that included ice cream and that I would still consider to be healthy(ish). And I made it in about 90 seconds.

Want to see what I did?

I took the Multi-Grain Medley of and heated it up for 60 seconds. That’s really all it takes for it to be done. Amazing!

Then I added some diced up peaches and a bit of ice cream. Now, I normally would suggest vanilla ice cream, but I only had the flavor my 3 year old had picked out at the store the last time, which had sprinkles all in it. I REALLY wanted this dessert, so I went with it. And you know what? It was pretty good!

The Multi-Grain Medley was a great choice for dessert, and it will be a great choice for savory dishes as well, because it contains brown rice, barley, quinoa, oats, wheat and rye. What a great blend!.

I also love this product because my 10 month old seems to be eating like a teenage boy lately. Finger foods are what she likes the best, so rice is a really fun treat. But she NEVER wants to wait 30 minutes for rice to cook! Now she doesn’t have to.

Minute Ready to Serve Rice is available in many other varieties, including the following:

brown rice
brown & wild rice
jasmine rice
white rice
Italian rice mix
chicken rice mix
yellow rice mix
Spanish rice mix
pilaf rice mix

As a really busy mom, I have to say that I can see this product being extremely helpful to have on hand in my kitchen. I often get too focused on the main dish of a meal and realize just a few minutes before it is time to eat that I don’t have any side dishes prepared. Since I’m home all day, I also have full access to all the candy in the pantry, and would be less tempted to raid it if I had healthier options for snack time. In the dessert I made above, even though it included ice cream, eating this dish saved me from eating a bowl of ice cream at least 3 times the size of the amount of ice cream I ate here. So in effect, I replaced ice cream with multi-grains…and I loved it. That’s a win in my book!

Minute® Ready to Serve Rice is an ideal portable solution for lunch or breakfast because you can eat it on the go, straight from the cup. In just 60 seconds, you have fully cooked rice for any meal or snack. You’ll never get bored with your lunch since there are 10 flavorful and wholesome varieties. If you’re looking for a healthy option, Minute® Ready to Serve Rice provides easy portion control since it’s conveniently packaged in two individual single-serve cups.

Visit for recipes, including Minute® Ready to Serve Stir it Up recipe ideas and more information about the Minute® Rice family of products.

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Minute® Ready to Serve Rice.