Mediterranean Rice with Feta and Baby Spinach
A delicious side dish to serve alongside kabobs, hummus and pita or salmon!
Servings 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup white or brown jasmin rice, cooked to package instructions
- pinch sea salt (for rice water)
- 5 ounces baby spinach
- ¾ cup creamy crumbled feta
- ½ cup roasted salted pistachios
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- red pepper flakes, to taste (optional)
Instructions
- In a medium size pot, cook rice to package instructions (usually this would mean 3 cups salted water for 1/12 cup rice) Pot should be big enough to accommodate rice and spinach)
- When rice has absorbed all liquid, turn off heat. Place spinach into the pot with rice and stir, replace lid and allow to rice to steam until greens are slightly wilted. While spinach steams, use a microplane to zest citrus. Pour rice and spinach into a bowl, drizzle with olive oil, then sprinkle zest, pistachios, feta, and red pepper flakes, toss. Add sea salt and black pepper to taste. Serve.