Nut-Pesto Green Rice

This quick, easy Nut Pesto Green Rice uses an elegant blend of parsley, garlic,
lemon, walnuts, and almonds made into a paste. Once you have blended the
ingredients in your food processor, you simply stir them into cooked rice. A
simple, yet satisfying and beautiful side dish.

Servings: 4 servings

Author: Beth

Prep Time
10 minutes

Cook Time
20 minutes

Course:

Side Dish

Cuisine:

American

Keywords:

Vegan Dairy-Free Gluten-Free Greens

Instructions

1 Soak rice in 2 c water, changing often, for at least 8 hrs.
2 Cook rice at a slow simmer until water is absorbed, or cook in a rice cooker.
3 While rice is cooling, blend almonds, walnuts, and garlic in a food processor
until in tiny pieces but not all the way to nut butter.
4 Process in parsley, salt, lemon juice and oil until the mixture is a pesto-like
paste. When rice has cooled a bit, stir nut-pesto mixture into it.
5 Add pepper to taste.
6 Top with cucumber and a few extra leaves of parsley.
7 Delicious with a dish such as black bean sweet potato chili (link here
[https://amealinmind.com/black-bean-sweet-potato-chili/]).

Nut-Pesto Green Rice

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