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Creamy Zucchini Risotto

Risotto, a nice creamy Northern Italian dish made form a starchy grain like rice. I enjoy the creaminess and the versatility is great, it can go as a side or add to it and maybe even a main dish. The health benefits of risotto if just on its own comes from the rice only so in my opinion it’s not the healthiest when left on its own, plus the butter and other ingredients can make this dish vary on the health benefits. With that thought aside I wanted to try a new type I never had before.

I got “RightRice Creamy Parmesan style” risotto, which is made from vegetables, so the protein and fiber is higher in this risotto, and it has a lot fewer net carbs. I decided to add my own twist and make it more of a small meal instead of a side.

I have made risotto before, and it took a while plus adding in liquid as it cooked so when I read the instructions and it said total time was 12 minutes, I was excited.

(A little FYI, it took mine a bit longer than the package said but still a dinner in less than 30 minutes is pretty great.)

Creamy Zucchini Risotto

Time about 30 minutes total Servings 6-8

Ingredients:

2 bags of RightRice risotto Creamy Parmesan

4 cups of water

4 teaspoons of Vegan Chicken Bouillion powder

1/4 cup of Nutrional Yeast

4 green onions cleaned and diced

4-5 cloves of garlic diced

1 small to medium Zucchini washed and cut in bite sized pieces

1-2 tablespoons of Olive Oil

grated Parmesan

Instructions:

In a large pot over medium to high heat add olive oil, zucchini, garlic sauteing for about 5 minutes then add green onions cooking just a few more minutes before adding the water, bouillon and nutritional yeast. Bring the water to boil then add the risotto, follow the package directions from here (boiling just a little longer then remove from heat cover and let set for a total of 12 minutes)

Serve with bread and top with freshly grated parmesan if you wish.

Author:

Hi, I'm Gwyn a entrepreneur, mom of 2 and a grandma of 2! I had been married for a long time to an abusive alcoholic, this left me feeling broken and forgetting who I really was. I started gwyns day 1 as a way for me to share the awesome way God can heal, restore and give a wonderful life full of purpose and joy. My greatest passion is my family but also helping others . With this blog I hope to share uplifting quotes and stories for a healthy mind body and soul life style, as well as fun with crafts and recipes. Here is my mantra and the whole reason for the name of this blog, what a great reminder that every day is a brand new day we can start fresh and do better. Day One Matthew West from the album Live Forever Buy on Amazon | iTunes

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