• 1-1/2 cup brown rice (I use Basmati Rice by Lundburg Farms)
• 3 cups water
• 1 tart apple (like Granny Smith) - wash, dice into small pieces
• 1/2 cup golden raisins
• teaspoon butter
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

• While rice is cooking (takes ~45-50 minutes), melt butter in saucepan. Add apples and raisins to melted butter and heat until fruit is slightly softened.
• When rice is done cooking, fluff with fork. Season with salt and pepper. (I omitted this step accidentally and didn't miss it at all.)
• Turn into serving dish and then top with apple-raisin mixture.

Makes about 5 cups of rice. Serve as a side dish with any entree like salmon, chicken, or tofu. (save about 2 cups to make rice pudding the next day, or even that evening.)