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Mexican Rice (1) Recipe


This Mexican Rice (1) Recipe is one of many in our collection of Low Fat Recipes. these are culled from various sources, some my own. whilst some are low carb recipes, there are also some low fat recipes, whilst and diabetic recipes. The one thing they all have in common with this Mexican Rice (1) Recipe, is that they can all be seen as diet recipes in one form or another.




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Mexican Rice (1) Recipe




Ingredients:

1 cup long grain rice
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp garlic powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cummin
1/2 each tomato, chopped
1/2 each medium onion, chopped finely
1 each small carrot, chopped finely
1/2 each green pepper, chopped finely
1 1/2 cup boiling water
16 oz can tomatoes, cut-up
1 each tomato sauce, optional

Instructions:

IN A SKILLET, SAUTE RICE IN OIL UNTIL LIGHTLY BROWNED. SEASON WITH GARLIC,
SALT, AND CUMMIN. ADD TOMATO, ONION, CARROT AND GREEN PEPPER. SAUTE FOR 1
TO 2 MINUTES. REMOVE FROM HEAT, ADD WATER. RETURN TO HEAT AND SIMMER FOR 35
TO 40 MINUTES, COVERED, OR UNTIL WATER IS ABSORBED BY RICE. STIR IN
TOMATOES AND TOMATO SAUCE, IF DESIRED, TO ADD COLOR. MAKES 4 SERVINGS. EACH
SERVING = 18 % CALORIES FROM FAT.

Servings: 4




In order to know whether a human being is young or old, offer it food of different kinds at short intervals. If young, it will eat anything at any hour of the day or night. If old, it observes stated periods.
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