I always keep brown rice grains in the pantry and frozen, ready-to-eat brown rice in the freezer. Cooked rice makes for a healthy, hearty base to create grain bowls, grain salads, or even breakfast cereal or rice pudding in very little time.

I used to think that homemade almond milk wasn’t worth the effort —but that was before I discovered how little effort was involved. And how much creamier and tastier the homemade milk is than store-bought.