Рецепт Rice Florentine; Season's Eatings; Weekly Menu
It's that time of year again.... The holidays are creeping ever closer
Season's Eatings!
Should we do it again?
It's a world-wide holiday gift exchange.
If you would like to join the fun, leave a comment. I'll collect real names and addresses later, by e-mail.
Here are the details:
Season's Eating's is a spicy/herby/foodie gift exchange to celebrate the Holiday Season.
Like Secret Santa....I put all the names into a virtual hat, and distribute them, with real addresses.
The rules are simple:
Each person sends a small gift of a local herb, spice, or other food that is unique to or characteristic of where they live, along with a recipe using it, to a fellow foodie.
When you receive your parcel, you can either use your 'gift' in the recipe included, another of your choosing or just snap a photo of your pressie. Then you do a post about it...
I do a recap of all the fun, with the photos, between Christmas and New Year's Day.
Ready to get the holiday season started? Let me know if you want to play.
We had a few sad foodies last year.... They happily sent their gift off but didn't receive one in return. (They assured me they had 'been good'.)
I love adding spinach to dishes.
I love having side dishes that finish in the oven while I relax with the first course.
Voilà!
Florentine means 'cooked in the manner of Florence'. More simply, it means that there is spinach in the dish. A wonderful way to get this heart and eye healthy vegetable. This looks pretty in a clear glass baking dish if you have one.
- Rice Florentine
- 8oz (250gr) frozen spinach
- 1/2 cup quick-cooking brown rice substitute Basmati
- 1/2 onion
- 1 tbs butter
- 1 cup chicken stock (or whatever your rice calls for)
- 1/2 tsp thyme
- 1/2 cup (4oz, 125gr) Greek or plain yogurt
- 1/2 cup (2oz, 60gr) grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup (2oz, 60gr) shredded cheese
Finely chop onion. In small saucepan over medium heat sauté onion in butter for 5 minutes. Add rice and sauté 1 minute. Add stock and cook according to package instructions.
Thaw spinach and squeeze out excess moisture. Combine spinach, thyme and yogurt.
When rice is cooked spread 1/3rd of the rice in the bottom of the baking dish. Top with half of the spinach, then half of the cheeses. Repeat layers. Top with remaining 1/3rd of the rice. Bake, uncovered, at 400F (200C) until cheeses melt and flavors meld or about 15 minutes. Remove and serve directly from baking dish.
In addition to this, for the week of November 5 we have Tilapia with Lemon Butter, Hunter's Eggs, Pork Tenderloin Stuffed with Pimientos, Potato Gratin with Sage, Pumpkin and Leek Lasagne....
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