Healthy Recipe to Try: Brown Rice Champorado
Brown rice and coconut sugar make this a healthy version of a well-loved Pinoy dish.

Never thought champorado, your fave rainy day eat, could be healthy? This recipe uses brown rice and coconut sugar, plus walnuts for added texture:
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Brown Rice Champorado with Walnuts
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Serves 4
361 calories per serving
2 cups low-fat milk
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 cups brown rice, cooked
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
coocnut milk, for drizzling
1/4 cup toasted walnuts, chopped
1 In a casserole, heat one cup low-fat milk over medium heat. Add cocoa powder and whisk until completely dissolved.
2 Add brown rice, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes. Turn off heat.
3 Coarsely puree the rice mixture in a food processor.
4 Transfer the rice back into the casserole. Add remaining milk, coconut sugar, and cinnamon. Bring to a simmer. Keep stirring for about 5 minutes until you reach a thick consistency.
5 Drizzle with coconut milk and sprinkle with walnuts.
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The recipe is part of The Sexy Chef Cookbook: Eat Clean Love, a new cookbook by sisters and local health food industry pioneers Rachel Alejandro and Chef Barni Alejandro-Renneback.
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Filled with 60 new recipes for people who want to "eat sexy," the cookbook has breakfast options to jumpstart your day with, nutritious takes on Filipino favorites, and low-carb meals to help you slim down. Also in the cookbook are recipes for vegetarian dishes and refreshing smoothies that are perfect for those seeking to eat clean.
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Now on its 11th year, The Sexy Chef is a diet and health food provider, serving a growing clientele of healthy eaters in the metro. Founders Rachel and Barni have expanded their brand since its launch in 2004: they've published The Sexy Chef Cookbook in 2013, they co-host The Sexy Chef Cooking Show which airs on the Colours channel on Cignal Digital TV every Sunday at 8pm.
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The Sexy Chef Cookbook: Eat Clean Love is now available in bookstores, newsstands, convenience stores, and supermarkets nationwide for P295.
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