Greek Rice

Delicious and light tasting greek rice recipe to pair with your favorite greek dishes!

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 6
• Yields: 6

Ingredients

• 1  cup quick-cooking rice
• 1  cup water
• 1  garlic clove (grated)
• 1  lemon, zest of
• 3⁄4 cup  marinated artichoke hearts
• 1⁄2 cup fresh spinach, chopped
• 2  tablespoons chives (chopped)
• 1⁄2 lemon, juice of
•  dried oregano
•  salt, to taste
• 1⁄3 cup feta cheese, crumbled
• 1⁄4 cup kalamata olive (stoned and chopped)

Directions

1. Bring water to a boil, add rice, garlic, and artichokes, cook covered for 5 minutes.
2. Add rest of ingredients, let sit, covered, for 5-7 minutes, to heat everything through.
3. Notes: make sure not to leave the top off the pot for too long while adding ingredients. The mixture needs its steam to "cook" the rice.