Dinner

Karen's brown rice with veggies and beans is for Dinner.

Karen's brown rice with veggies and beans takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Karen's brown rice with veggies and beans takes 10 minutes to cook.

Karen's brown rice with veggies and beans makes 5 servings.

The ingredients for Karen's brown rice with veggies and beans are:

Diced butternut squash
Diced zucchini
Diced onion
Brown Rice
Pinto Beans
Low fat Cheddar
Almond Slivers
Fresh Thyme
Salt
Pepper
Garlic Powder

Here is how you make Karen's brown rice with veggies and beans:

Dice fresh zucchini, onions and butternut squash in very small pieces. Spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with butter flavored cooking spray,add diced veggies and bake on 350 degrees for 10 minutes stirring once. While waiting, cook the brown rice (I used Bird's Eye Steam Fresh, cook in bag brown rice in the microwave for 4 min and 30 seconds.)Rinse and heat the pinto beans in a covered microwave dish for 1 min 30 seconds..Toss veggies, rice and beans together. Top with shredded low fat cheddar, the leaves of one small sprig of fresh thyme and a sprinkle of slivered almonds.Add a sprig of fresh thyme on top for decoration.Serving Size: Makes 5 one cup servingsNumber of Servings: 5Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KARENLELLI.

The nutritional information for Karen's brown rice with veggies and beans is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 5
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 199.0

• Total Fat: 2.9 g
• Cholesterol: 1.2 mg
• Sodium: 367.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 36.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 7.3 g
• Protein: 8.0 g