Colourful Rice

Name: Colourful Rice Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 cup uncooked brown rice; 1/2 cup green split peas; 1/2 cup yellow split peas (or red lentils); 4 cups water; Half of the rice can be exchanged with barley or if you want more rice and less peas you can play around with the amounts. Just make sure that the total amount of dry ingredients comes to 2 cups!

Minutes to Prepare: 5
Minutes to Cook: 45

Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

1 cup uncooked brown rice1/2 cup green split peas1/2 cup yellow split peas (or red lentils)4 cups waterHalf of the rice can be exchanged with barley, or if you want more rice and less peas, you can play around with the amounts. Just make sure that the total amount of dry ingredients comes to 2 cups!

Directions

Add all the ingredients to a medium to large-sized pot, and turn on high heat to boil. Once boiling, turn down to medium-low heat, and cover, about 45 minutes. Keep checking it, and don't stir.

Makes 8 1/2 cup servings.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SCRAMBLER16.

Servings Per Recipe: 8

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 108.9
Total Fat: 0.8 g
Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
Sodium: 872.5 mg
Total Carbs: 22.7 g
Dietary Fiber: 3.0 g
Protein: 4.0 g

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