Italian Green Rice Recipe

1 lb fresh spinach
2 tbsp olive oil
2 1/4 cup chicken broth, (fat-free) divided use
1/4 cup onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup celery, finely chopped
1 tsp salt, or to taste
1/8 tsp ground white pepper
1 1/2 cup rice

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. Source: The San Diego Union Food Section,
Sept 1, 1994 Brought to you and yours via Nancy O'Brion and her
Meal-Master.

Serves: 6

Is this Italian Green Rice Recipe Suitable for Diabetics?

This Italian Green Rice recipe is part of our collection of tasty diabetic Rice recipes. Because we don`t know your unique health problems & the guidelines your nutritionalist has provided, we cannot say for sure that this Italian Green Rice recipe is appropriate for you. Even taking that into account, as the recipe author designated it as `diabetic` it hopefully suggests that it at least meets the minimum consideration for the tag `diabetic friendly`, being low fat and low carb and should be better for you than a standard recipe. Still, this Italian Green Rice recipe should only be used In the event that you understand your own condition and are happy that the recipe contents are acceptable for you.

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