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Italian Green Rice Recipe
Serves: 6
Keywords: Diabetic, Side, Dishes, recipe, recipes, Italian Green Rice Recipe
Ingredients
1
lb.
Fresh spinach;
2
tb
Olive oil;
2 ¼
c
Chicken broth; (fat-free) divided use
¼
c
Onion; finely chopped
¼
c
Celery; finely chopped
1
ts
Salt; or to taste
0.12
ts
Ground white pepper;
1 ½
c
Rice;
Directions
- Wash the sand from the spinach.
- Discard the stems and place the leaves in a food processor.
- Chop in batches and set aside.
- Heat the oil and 1/4 cup chicken stock in a medium saucepan.
- Add onion, celery, salt and pepper.
- Cook briefly, stirring.
- Raise the heat, and add thespinach.
- Cook until spinach begines to relese its own liquid.
- Stir if necessary.
- With the heat still on high, add 2 cups of chicken stock (or water).
- Reduce the heat and cover.
- Continue to cooking 20 minutes.
- Check to see if the rice is done or needs more liquid.
- To serve, place on an attractive serving platter.
- Arrange slices of turkey on top.
- Food Exchange per serving: 1 VEGETABLE EXCHANGE + 1 STARCH/BREAD EXCHANGE Source: The San Diego Union Food Section, Sept 1, 1994 Brought to you and yours via Nancy O'Brion and her Meal-Master.