BROWN RICE WITH SPINACH

Welcome back.  I hope everyone had a nice Easter and Passover.  The weather held out and we had sunshine all weekend.  Woke up to a little drizzle but surprisingly warm outside.  Felt quite a bit of shaking from the earthquake.  We were at the movies at Universal Studios and there was some good shaking there. When I got back home last night to my house CD's were on the floor, and a couple of cabinets were open so I know it must have shaken here pretty good. Otherwise, it seems we escaped any real damage.  When you live in California, the threat is always there.  But it still is not as bad as all the hurricanes, tornados etc that go on in the rest of the country.

Today I have a great side dish for you.  A good way to get your family to eat things they may not like.  I came up with this recipe just to make plain old rice into a colorful, tasty offering.  I think you will like it a lot.

BROWN RICE WITH SPINACH

3 cups of cooked brown rice
1/4 cup pine nuts
1/4 cup dried cranberries
Spinach (I use the washed, baby spinach in a bag) use 1 bag
2 cloves of garlic
olive oil

Soak the cranberries in one cup of warm water for about 10 minutes.  Drain and set aside.  Cook the rice and set aside.  In a large skillet put about 4 to 5 tablespoons of olive oil.  Sliver the garlic and saute in the oil.  As soon as it begins to brown add the spinach.  Saute quickly. Salt and pepper to taste.  Add the rice and the cranberries and the pine nuts.  Mix well.  Serve immediately.

Another take on "Grayce's Spinach" that I posted in December.  Spinach and Rice are a good combination and you can add all kinds of things to make it different and interesting.  You could also use diced Apricots in place of the Cranberries.  You could also use CousCous in place of rice.


Thanks for stopping in today.
Ciao
Grayce