Brown rice with spinach and Parmesan cheese is an straightforward, wholesome, 1-pot side dish with just a couple of easy elements!

This write-up is sponsored by ALDI. All thoughts and viewpoints are my own.

Hiya close friends! How is the week treating you so far?

Prior to we get to today’s brown rice with spinach and Parmesan cheese recipe – a delicious and wholesome side dish – permit me tell you about my newest purchasing tour.

I finally… just after decades of listening to about it from a fantastic mate who life shut to one… just after moving across town and ultimately possessing 1 up the road… just after listening to a few neighbors in the past couple of weeks chat about heading there…

I ultimately frequented an ALDI grocery keep. #longoverdue

I went with out the youngsters on a wet weekend early morning and just experienced a entertaining time wandering the aisles and observing what all they experienced. I came residence with a trunk total, as well, simply because there ended up so several wonderful finds and the prices are unbelievable!

(Oh, two quick tips for any other newbies like me: one. You’ll want a quarter to unlock a purchasing cart. two. Convey your own bags to pack your ordered groceries in – they never have any.)

What I enjoy the most about ALDI is how prominently they function and phone out healthier products. You know I’m all about that!

So now I guess I know why everyone’s been telling me to go… 😉

Just for entertaining, I wished to share a couple of of my favourite finds with you:

You know me, the produce segment drew me in like a magnet. Tons of attractive fruits and vegetables and outrageous fantastic prices! I bought toddler carrots, a bag of these magnificent Honeycrisp apples (which usually price tag an arm and a leg), some attractive mushrooms, broccoli, grapes, and much more.

Nearby, I obtained some L’Oven Contemporary entire wheat mini bagels and an assortment of cheeses and breakfast meats. Stay tuned for much more recipes out of those people!

In the freezer segment, I snagged some Season’s Decision Veggie Burgers and Mediterranean Quinoa – wonderful to have on hand for throwing jointly a very last-minute food. (And not far away I snagged some frozen shrimp and frozen scallops – tons of wonderful stuff in their freezer segment!)

I also picked up some fresh new salmon simply because it was as well beautiful to move by. A fantastic piece of salmon normally will get me…

And for today’s recipe, I snagged some SimplyNature Speedy Prepare dinner Brown Rice (which is ready a lot quicker than normal very long-grain brown rice but does not have the identical texture difficulties as Moment rice, in my view), a bag of fresh new spinach (they have tons of wonderful produce, which includes organics, at such fantastic prices) and a wedge of Parmesan cheese. Generally so dear, not so a lot at ALDI! 🙌

Alright, so this brown rice with spinach recipe. It’s similar in system to my 1-pot broccoli cheese brown rice, meaning we cook the rice with all sorts of flavor, then insert the veggies at the close to steam and major with cheese.

I signify, it is really sort-of a winner!

And this is so creamy and tender and just flawlessly seasoned. Even M, who often gives a snake eye to eco-friendly things blended into foodstuff, beloved it!

• You can use chicken or vegetable broth, whatever you have, but do try out to use minimal-sodium so you can management the sum of salt.
• I managed to cram all of the spinach into my pot but if you never have area, you can possibly do it in batches (ready for the initial batch to wilt down just before introducing much more) or just set in as a lot as you can fit. I are inclined to like A Large amount of spinach 😉
• I like to provide this with added Parmesan shaved on right at the table. So lovely!

You could spherical out the food with some quick and straightforward balsamic chicken, or my sluggish cooker balsamic chicken if you want a palms-off, cooks-all day most important dish. It would also go wonderful with pork chops (or my balsamic roasted pork tenderloin with thyme) or a nice steak.

Do try out this dish however and do give ALDI a try out – I think you’ll like it!

Have a amazing weekend!

XO,

Kathryn

Brown rice with spinach and Parmesan cheese

Serves four individuals     modify servings

Ingredients

• one tablespoon Carlini added-virgin olive oil
• one small onion, finely chopped
• two cloves garlic, minced
• one one/four cups SimplyNature Speedy Prepare dinner Brown Rice
• one tablespoon fresh new thyme, chopped
• one/two teaspoon kosher salt
• one/four teaspoon black pepper
• two one/two cups Chef’s Cupboard minimal-sodium chicken or vegetable broth
• one (eight oz.) bag Tiny Salad Bar fresh new spinach, approximately chopped
• one/four cup grated Priano Parmesan cheese (as well as added for serving)

Recommendations

Heat olive oil in a large pan in excess of medium heat.

Include onion and sauté five-6 minutes, until eventually softened. Include garlic and sauté yet another thirty seconds.

Include quick cook rice, salt and pepper and stir to get the rice coated in the oils.

Include chicken or vegetable broth and deliver to a boil. Then include, decreased the heat to medium minimal and cook fifteen-20 minutes, until eventually the liquid is absorbed and the rice is cooked by means of.

Include chopped fresh new spinach on major of the rice, then include and permit sit for five minutes off the heat.

Stir spinach into the rice and insert Parmesan cheese. Flavor and modify seasoning and provide warm.

Recipe Notes

You can use chicken or vegetable broth, whatever you have, but do try out to use minimal-sodium so you can management the sum of salt.

I managed to cram all of the spinach into my pot but if you never have area, you can possibly do it in batches (ready for the initial batch to wilt down just before introducing much more) or just set in as a lot as you can fit.

I like to provide this with added Parmesan shaved on right at the table.

Diet Facts
Serving Dimensions
Amount of money For each Serving	As Served
Calories 269kcal Calories from fat 48
% Each day Price
Total Fat 5g	eight%
Saturated Fat 1g	five%
Sodium 309mg	13%
Carbohydrate 50g	seventeen%
Dietary Fiber 4g	16%
Sugars 1g
Protein 6g

Per cent Each day Values are based on a two,000 calorie diet program. Your every day values may well be increased or decreased based on your calorie needs:

	Calories	2000
Total Fat	Much less than	65g
Sat Fat	Much less than	25g
Cholesterol	Much less than	300mg
Sodium	Much less than	two,400mg
Total Carbohydrate		300g
Dietary Fiber		25g