Side Dish

Quinoa and Pine Nut Rice-a-Roni is for Side Dish.

Quinoa and Pine Nut Rice-a-Roni takes 3 minutes to prepare.

Quinoa and Pine Nut Rice-a-Roni takes 40 minutes to cook.

Quinoa and Pine Nut Rice-a-Roni makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Quinoa and Pine Nut Rice-a-Roni are:

.25 cups quinoa
2oz angelhair pasta- broken into tiny pieces.
.5 cups uncooked long grain rice( I use basmati)
2 Tbls butter
.25 cups pine nuts
4 cups water flavored with 3 cubes low sodium beef bullion.( or equivalent amount of low sodium "better than bullion" base.

Here is how you make Quinoa and Pine Nut Rice-a-Roni:

In a nonstick pot place quinoa, rice, pasta and butter- over high heat cook Stirring CONSTANTLY until pasta turns a light golden brown( about 5-6 minutes) . Add Pine nuts and cook until pine nuts are golden brown and pasta is chocolate brown another 5-7 minutes( you may think it's burned but the primary toasty taste comes from browning it well. Add Bullion flavored water- cook stirring occasionally until liquid is just above the level of rice mix( about 7 minutes at a rapid boil. Then cover reduce heat to simmer and cook until liquid is absorbed. 10-15 minutes. Stir well and serve. Makes 6 generous servings. Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BIGOLEDIVA.

The nutritional information for Quinoa and Pine Nut Rice-a-Roni is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 157.9

• Total Fat: 8.2 g
• Cholesterol: 10.2 mg
• Sodium: 300.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 10.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.8 g
• Protein: 2.2 g