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Cheesy Brown Rice

Make a big batch of brown rice at the beginning of the week and have it ready for reheating in your refrigerator, or buy precooked brown rice in the freezer section of the grocery store. Though this likely sounds odd, we much preferred the Laughing Cow Light Gourmet Cheese Bites over the Light Original Swiss Cheese wedges in this recipe. When you compare the packages, you’ll see they are similar, but everyone in my test kitchen agreed the squares taste better. So trust us when we say it’s worth opening the ten squares instead of using a smaller number of wedges.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 2 servings

Ingredients

1 cup cooked brown rice, preferably short-grain, reheated if necessary
10 Laughing Cow Light Gourmet Cheese Bites (squares)

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    In a small bowl, stir the cheese squares into the hot rice until well combined. Serve immediately.

  2. nutrition information

    Step 2

    Each (about 1/2-cup) serving has:

    Step 3

    Calories: 138

    Step 4

    Protein: 5g

    Step 5

    Carbohydrates: 24g

    Step 6

    Fat: 2g

    Step 7

    Saturated Fat: 1g

    Step 8

    Cholesterol: 8mg

    Step 9

    Fiber: 2g

    Step 10

    Sodium: 251mg

Reprinted with permission from I Can't Believe It's Not Fattening! by Devin Alexander. Copyright © 2010 Devin Alexander. Published by Clarkson Potter Publishers, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Devin Alexander is the author of The Most Decadent Diet Ever, Fast Food Fix, and coauthor of The New York Times bestsellers The Biggest Loser Cookbook and The Biggest Loser Family Cookbook. She was a chef on NBC's The Biggest Loser and the host of Healthy Decadence on Discover Health and FitTV.
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