Greetings! Thank you for checking back and reading my blog :)
I'll be out of town during Thanksgiving weekend, so my next post will be on Tuesday!
Meanwhile, Happy Thanksgiving to you all and please enjoy my recipe for healthy stuffing!
I've come across this cool healthy recipe for stuffing about 2 years ago using wild rice, couscous, and quinoa instead of bread, and I've mixed and matched with other recipes, added and subtracted a few ingredients and came up with my own! Many people around me including my husband was not a big fan of stuffing before, so I wanted to make something special. And everyone loved this stuffing so much, so I thought to share this recipe with everyone who came to read my blog post :P
Anyway!! Here is my recipe!
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup Brown Rice Medley
1/2 cup Couscous
1/2 cup Quinoa
1 med Onion, chopped
1 stalk Celery, diced
2 cups slices Crimini Mushrooms
1 med Green Apple, diced
4 med cloves Garlic, minced
1/2 cup Walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup Raisins
1/2 cup fresh Parsley, chopped
2 tbs fresh Sage, chopped
3 tbs fresh Tyme, chopped
1/2 cup and 1 tbs Chicken Broth
Salt & Black Pepper for taste
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2 bunches Green Onion, chopped
1/2 cup Cilantro, chopped
Directions:
1. Cook Brown Rice Medley
Bring 3 cups of lightly salted water to a boil. While waiting, wash rice under running water in a strainer and set a side.
When the water is boiling, add Brown Rice Medley, cover, turn heat to low and cook for about 45min (until tender - DO NOT Overcook).
It says on my print out that "You will most likely have excess water when rice is cooked properly."
Drain out excess water, and set aside in a large bowl.
Cook Couscous - Best to follow the direction on the packaging
Cook Quinoa - Best to follow the direction on the packaging
2. Heat 1TBS Chicken Broth in a large non-stick skillet. Saute Onion in broth over medium heat for 5min. Add mushrooms and celery and continue to saute for another 2-3min.
3. Mix all the stuffing ingredients besides Green Onion and Cilantro together in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper.
4. Stuff the Turkey before roasting. (If you are not stuffing your turkey to save time, I would just put this stuffing into pyrex and bake for 30 min.)
5. Mix chopped Green Onion & Cilantro
* Pictures shown are twice the amount of the recipe I've written!
