{"id":944,"date":"2009-11-20T19:02:33","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T00:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/?p=944"},"modified":"2011-02-02T11:18:29","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T16:18:29","slug":"weigh-less-thanksgiving-recipe-alternatives-mushroom-scented-brown-rice-pilaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/weigh-less-thanksgiving-recipe-alternatives-mushroom-scented-brown-rice-pilaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Calorie Recipe &#8211; Mushroom-Scented Brown Rice Pilaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Mushroom-Scented Brown Rice Pilaf<\/h2>\n<p>This is a great tasting low calorie high fiber brown rice recipe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Tb. olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1 medium onion, cut into medium dice<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 ounce (about 1\/2 cup) dried mushrooms, rinsed well in cold water and coarsely chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/3 cups brown rice<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup dry vermouth or white wine<\/li>\n<li>3 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth<\/li>\n<li>Ground black pepper and salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-945\" title=\"low_calorie_mushroom_brown_rice_pilaf_recipe\" src=\"http:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/rice_mushroom_pilaf.jpg\" alt=\"rice_mushroom_pilaf\" width=\"144\" height=\"209\" \/> <strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heat oil in a large saucepan or small Dutch oven. Add onion; saut\u00e9 until caramel brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in mushrooms and rice. Add vermouth, then chicken broth; cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and continue to cook, covered, until broth evaporates and rice is tender, about 45 minutes. Remove from heat; let stand 5 to 10 minutes. Season to taste with pepper and, if necessary, salt. Serve.<\/p>\n<p>SERVES 8 to 10 PER 1\/2-CUP SERVING:  176 calories 6g protein 30g carbohydrates 3g fat (0.5g saturated) 0mg cholesterol 3g fiber<\/p>\n<p>Amazon.com has some whole grain rice brands at some great discounts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000EH2VUQ?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=weighlessblogaddtopost-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;creativeASIN=B000EH2VUQ\">RiceSelect Royal Blend, Whole Grain Texmati Brown &amp; Red Rice with Barley &amp; Rye, 32-Ounce Jars (Pack of 4)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mushroom-Scented Brown Rice Pilaf This is a great tasting low calorie high fiber brown rice recipe. Ingredients: 1 Tb. olive oil 1 medium onion, cut into medium dice 1\/2 ounce (about 1\/2 cup) dried mushrooms, rinsed well in cold water and coarsely chopped 1 1\/3 cups brown rice 1\/2 cup dry vermouth or white wine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,6],"tags":[533,222,56,224,223],"class_list":["post-944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-low-calorie-healthy-side-dishes","category-healthy-recipes","tag-32-ounce-jars-pack-of-4","tag-low-calorie-recipes","tag-mushrooms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}