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Recipe: Quick Herbed Rice with Nuts
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 5 min.
Cooking Time: 10 min.
 
Ingredients:
  • 1 cup instant rice
  • 1/4 tsp. thyme, or 2 tsp. fresh
  • 1/2 cup parsley
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/4 tsp. salt (optional), or to taste
  • 3 Tbs. pine nuts or chopped walnuts
This Recipe is considered:
Low Cholesterol
Low Sodium
Cooking Directions:
Preheat oven to 350° F. Cook rice with herbs and salt to taste according to package directions. While rice is cooking, place pine nuts in a shallow pan and toast in oven 5-7 minutes, or until golden. Shake pan at 3 minute intervals. Transfer to a dish to cool. Discard bay leaf. Stir pine nuts into rice.
 
Per Serving: calories 129, fat 3.7g, calories from fat 26%, protein 3.6g, cholesterol 0.0mg, dietary fiber 0.9g

Nutrients Exchanges
Calories 129 Milk Exchanges 0.0
Protein 3.6g Vegetable Exchanges 0.1
Carbohydrates 21.3g Fruit Exchanges 0.0
Dietary Fiber 0.9g Bread Exchanges 1.1
Sugar 0.9g Other Carbohydrates/Sugar Exchanges 0.0
Fat Total 3.7g Lean Meat Exchanges 0.0
Saturated Fat 0.7g Very Lean Meat/Protein Exchanges 0.2
Mono-unsaturated Fat 1.5g Fat Exchanges 0.6
Poly-unsaturated Fat 1.6g
% Calories from Fat 26%    
Cholesterol 0.0mg
Sodium 6.1mg
Vitamins Minerals
Vitamin A 39.5IU Calcium 18.1mg
Thiamin (B1) 0.3mg Copper 0.2mg
Riboflavin (B2) 0.2mg Iron 2.2mg
Niacin (B3) 1.6mg Magnesium 21.7mg
Vitamin B6 0.2mg Manganese 0.5mg
Vitamin B12 0.0mcg Phosphorus 53.1mg
Vitamin C 10.1mg Potassium 84.7mg
Vitamin E 0.6IU Selenium 11.2mcg
Folate 16.7mcg Sodium 6.1mg
Pantothenic Acid 0.1mg Zinc 0.6mg