Toasted Rice with Zucchini & Onions

Ingredients

1. 2 cups brown rice
2. 1 zucchini, sliced
3. 1 onion, sliced
4. 1/4 cup honey
5. 1/4 cup dijon mustard
6. Salt
7. Pepper
8. Butter

Directions

1. Make rice (the fashion in which you cook your rice is irrelevant).
2. Saute zucchini and onions in a medium-high skillet until the zucchini is soft and the onions are transparent.
3. Once rice has finished cooking, add your rice to the onions and zucchini in the skillet.  Add both honey and mustard and combine rice, honey, mustard, onions, and zucchini.  Do not be surprised if the mixture looks too wet: it will cook out when you toast the rice.
4. Turn skillet to high.  Spread the rice out in a layer in the skillet, returning every few minutes to turn it with a spatula so that the rice becomes crispy.
5. Season to taste.
6. Once rice is toasted and brown, remove from the skillet and serve.  It makes an excellent side dish, or as a quick and easy dinner.

I created this dish while trying to lose weight my sophomore year of college.  It’s absolutely delicious with chicken, but it makes a delicious full meal as well.  Sometimes it can be a little dry, but that can be remedied by adding either melted or “butter spray,” at which point it becomes even better and saltier.  It’s pretty low in calories and big on taste, and after you eat it it becomes completely addictive.  I used to make it four cups at a time in two skillets, and I would save half for when I started craving it in the middle of the night.  Believe me, add it to your diet instead of potatoes, and you’ll definitely cut the calories.

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