Need dinner help...I am awful!

I am making dinner for moms b day tomorrow night. I want to make honey lemon glazed chicken and found what looks like a good recipe but I want to serve rice with it, but white rice is too plain and dry. Does anyone know what I can add to the rice to give it some flavor? Also, I would like to make baby glazed carrots and have no idea how to do so. Anyone??? TIA!

Re: Need dinner help...I am awful!

Sometimes, when I cook rice, I add some vegetable broth. Also, Near East makes some exotic rice mixes that are great!

Re: Need dinner help...I am awful!

you could make brown rice or add a packet of Goya Sazon sin achiote (without annato) to make yellow rice and throw some mixed veggies in.

You can also make a creamy rice (like using a can of cream of mushroom or any of the cream soups) It's one can of soup, fill can with instant rice (like Minute rice) and HALF a can of water. Bring to a boil, let sit for a few minutes for rice to soak up the liquid.