5:2 diet recipe for 4 people, takes only 30 mins; recipe has vegetable stock, onion, mushroom, garlic clove, basmati rice, lemon, chive and soft cheese.
Lemony mushroom pilaf
Course: 5:2 diet
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Garlic Clove: 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- Onion: 1 onion, sliced
- Vegetable Stock: 500ml vegetable stock
- Lemon: zest and juice 1 lemon
- Chive: small bunch snipped chives
- Basmati Rice: 200g mixed basmati rice and wild rice
- Mushroom: 300g mixed mushrooms, sliced
- Soft Cheese: 6 tbsp light soft cheese with garlic and herbs
Directions
- Put 2 tbsp of the stock in a non-stick pan, then cook the onion for 5 mins until softened - add a splash more stock if it starts to dry out. Add mushrooms and garlic and cook for 2 mins more. Add the rice and lemon zest and juice, mixing well. Pour in remaining stock and seasoning and bring to the boil. Turn down, cover and simmer for 25-30 mins until rice is tender. Stir through half each of the chives and soft cheese, then serve topped with the remaining chives and soft cheese.
