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Mushroom and leek wild rice takes several minutes to prepare.

Mushroom and leek wild rice takes several minutes to cook.

Mushroom and leek wild rice makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Mushroom and leek wild rice are:

1 Cup wild rice
2 cups vegetable broth
1 tbls olive oil
1 tbls butter
3 leeks (cleaned and sliced)
2 garlic cloves (minced)
8 ounces chopped portebella mushrooms
1 tsp Thyme chopped
1/4 cup roasted almonds chopped
1/4 cup balsamic vinaigrette
salt and pepper to taste

Here is how you make Mushroom and leek wild rice:

Simmer the wild rice in the broth on med-low heat, covered, until it is tender and it has absorbed all of the broth, about 50 min. and remove from heatwhile cooking rice melt the butter in a pan. Add the leeks and saute until tender, about 3-5 min, then add the garlic and saute until golden.Add the mushrooms, thyme, salt and pepper and saute until the mushrooms are just starting to caramelize, about 14 min.Mix the wild rice, mushroom leek mixture, almonds, and balsamic vinaigrette.Serving Size: 6Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TANYA_MARIEH.

The nutritional information for Mushroom and leek wild rice is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 154.3

• Total Fat: 8.5 g
• Cholesterol: 5.1 mg
• Sodium: 359.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 17.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.4 g
• Protein: 3.6 g