Spring Celebrations, Spring Minestrone with Brown Rice, Healthy Recipes from Too Much Girls

Spring Minestrone with Brown Rice

Ingredients:

4 cups Organic No-Chicken Broth Fat Free
2 tablespoons shallots, chopped
1 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup Brown Rice, dry
1 cup Fresh Asparagus, cleaned, cut into 2" lengths
1 cup Green Peas, fresh or frozen
1 cup Fresh Fava Beans, peeled
Salt/Pepper to taste
6 teaspoons Kraft Reduced Fat Parmesan Style Grated Topping
Non stick cooking spray

Directions:

Prepare rice per packaged instructions.

Par boil asparagus, fava beans, and peas.

In a non stick skillet, lightly spray with non stick cooking spray over medium to high heat add onions and shallots and cook until tender and slightly brown.

In a 4qt soup pot add broth, onions and shallots, rice, asparagus, peas, and fava beans. Heat throughout. Serve in a bowl and top with parmesan.

Servings - Makes 6 servings
Per serving = 1/6recipe = POINTS® value 2 *
118calories/1gfat/3.8gfiber