half a teaspoon of turmeric or smoked paprika. I like peas/sweetcorn/broadbeans chucked in too.

Thanks guys some great ideas there!

I will start off with the more 'subtle' flavourings... and then see how it goes

I really don't mind 'bland' food as I know it's doing me good (or rather, not doing me any damage) I would just like a little bit of taste that's all - I don't ask for much eh?

I forgot to check this topic until now and have just got back up from the kitchen - I put some garlic and carrot in there today (how adventurous! lol) and yesterday I bought some sea salt as I thought that could be added too? : -/

Thanks again for all your help!

Yum!

You could add some chopped up roasted vegetables if you are doing it in the oven - such as roasted peppers, butternut squash, mushrooms, aubergine, asparagus, onion, carrot, parsnip, etc. Roasted veg are nice because the tastes are more intense.

You could cook it in a tin of chopped tomatoes and puree - with or without garlic, onions, other herbs, other veg (e.g. chopped spinach), etc.

You could add some natural yoghurt (full or low fat) to give it a tangy, creamy texture.

You could add sweetcorn, which gives a nice sweet taste.

You could cook it in wine. Or lemon juice. Or orange juice. Yum, you could add raisins or apricots (you can by apricots that are not preserved with sulphur dioxide, although they are more expensive) - apricots go nicely with chicken.

I have found low salt stock cubes in Sainsburys that you can cook it in.

How about adding toasted seeds or something like pine nuts?

Smoked salmon or other fish with rice? Canned sardines with rice?

Here's a recipe for fragrant rice:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/da...ce_67870.shtml

You could soak dried apricot and sultanas in some green tea then chop into small pieces and add those too. My mum does this for a cold rice salad and it is lovely. I think she uses normal tea but thought the green tea would go down better with you Azz.

Add some cumin seeds to the rice while you're cooking it, or a piece of cinnamon stick

You can get pilau stock cubes and I've done rice in them which makes it lovely or a veggie stock cube just for some taste.

I'm sure this may be a bit much for you, Azz, but I'll share it anyway.......

Fry half an onion (choped small)
Sliced mushrooms
Bacon in thin strips

When well cooked, add pre-cooked rice and mix together - utterly fab!

We have this with pork chops and it's just wonderful.

I have added sausage, courgettes, peppers and a can of chopped tomatoes - this makes it a meal in itself and is equally fab