Green Rice -- from Barry’s Valentine’s Menu

Valentine's Dinner

I think I had the best dinner reservations in town last night – dinner for two, complete with wine and flowers. On the menu: Marinated & Seared Steak, Oven Roasted Cauliflower and Green Rice. Barry even crafted some small metal flowers (everlastings) out of a sheet of stainless steel; he added them to a little pottery vase that our niece, Erin, glazed and decorated last summer.

About the Green Rice

Basically, Barry combined spinach leaves with cooked brown rice (we cook it in a rice cooker and usually double the amount needed so there are leftovers; it can also be frozen), to create green rice.

Spinach – it’s nutritious and versatile. Fresh spinach leaves can be served fresh as a salad or cooked for a vegetable. That’s why we like to keep a bag of it on hand.

Green Rice

This is another one of Barry’s toss and go dishes so here’s a general idea of what he does . . .

Olive oil

Fresh spinach leaves

Cooked rice – we prefer brown

Chicken stock

Kosher salt & coarsely ground black pepper

1.     Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.

2.     Throw in several handfuls of spinach, depending on number served and your preference. Sometimes he adds just a little and other times he adds lots. Add cooked rice. Sauté for several minutes. Note: Onions and garlic could also be added to the dish at this point.

3.     Add enough chicken stock to moisten; season to taste with salt and pepper (or, add other favorite seasonings). Heat through.

Recipe without photos . . .

Green Rice

This is another one of Barry’s toss and go dishes so here’s a general idea of what he does . . .

Olive oil

Fresh spinach leaves

Cooked rice – we prefer brown

Chicken stock

Kosher salt & coarsely ground black pepper

1.     Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.

2.     Throw in several handfuls of spinach, depending on number served and your preference. Sometimes he adds just a little and other times he adds lots. Add cooked rice. Sauté for several minutes. Note: Onions and garlic could also be added to the dish at this point.

3.     Add enough chicken stock to moisten; season to taste with salt and pepper (or, add other favorite seasonings). Heat through.