Date Night Risotto

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 295.6
  • Total Fat: 7.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 19.2 mg
  • Sodium: 794.1 mg
  • Total Carbs: 43.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.7 g
  • Protein: 9.4 g

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Introduction

delicious low cal risotto recipe. Swap out the tomoatoes and cheese for blanched, fresh veggies too; a great option. (Calorie count on this recipe accounts for mozzarella, asparagus and zucchini; my variation for tonight.) This is my go-to recipe for entertaining! delicious low cal risotto recipe. Swap out the tomoatoes and cheese for blanched, fresh veggies too; a great option. (Calorie count on this recipe accounts for mozzarella, asparagus and zucchini; my variation for tonight.) This is my go-to recipe for entertaining!
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    4¨ö cups vegetable broth

    2 TBs olive oil, divided

    2 cups chopped leek

    1¨ö cups Arborio rice

    ¨÷ cup dry white wine

    ¨ù cup fat-free half and half

    1 tsp salt

    ¨ù tsp freshly ground pepper

    1 cup halved grape tomatoes

    ¨ù cup fresh basil

    5 oz fresh mozzarella, diced

    3 TBs balsamic vinegar (to serve with)



Directions

Bring the broth to a simmer in a medium saucepan (do not boil). Keep warm.

Heat 1 TBs oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add leak; saute 3 minutes or until tender. Add rice; cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium. Add the wine and stir until combined. Add 1 cup broth and stir until combined. Add the remaining broth, ¨ö cup at a time, stirring constantly until each portion of broth is absorbed before adding the next (about 25 minutes total).

Stir in half and half, salt and pepper; cook 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in tomatoes, basil and cheese.

Place about 1 cup risotto evenly into 6 shallow bowls and drizzle each with ¨ö tsp balsamic syrup and ¨ö tsp olive oil.

Enjoy!


Serving Size: 6 x 1 cup servings

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user AMYBERIT.