📋 Apple Rice (with Sausage) Recipe
This award-winning Gluten-free Apple Rice (with sausage), dehydrated/dried apples, sage, wild rice, spinach and pine nuts is a great fall dish and perfect for a Thanksgiving or holiday side.⅖
Servings 8 servings
Calories 210kcal
Ingredients
- 6 fresh breakfast sausage links chopped into ¼ inch circles
- 1 cup finely chopped dried/dehydrated apples
- 1 Tbsp. chopped fresh sage
- 1 ½ cups fresh baby spinach washed and dried
- 2 cups dry brown rice and wild rice blend cook as per package directions
- Chicken stock or vegetable stock amount according to package direction of rice
- ½ cup pine nuts
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
Instructions
- Make the rice: Cook rice according to package directions, but use chicken stock or vegetable stock in place of water.
- Cook sausage in a frying pan on stove top over medium heat until no longer pink and set aside.
- Heat a frying pan on medium high heat. Add 1 teaspoon of olive oil and the pine nuts. Toast, for a minute or so, stirring, then add sage and spinach.
- Continue to stir until spinach is soft and pine nuts are fragrant. Remove the mixture and stir into rice mixture.
- Stir in chopped dried apples and sausage into the rice and serve warm.
Notes
*See post contents for important recipe information and tips!
Nutrition Facts
📋 Apple Rice (with Sausage) Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 210
Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Fat 10g15%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Cholesterol 33mg11%
Sodium 149mg6%
Potassium 283mg8%
Carbohydrates 24g8%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 7g8%
Protein 7g14%
Vitamin A 635IU13%
Vitamin C 2.7mg3%
Calcium 50mg5%
Iron 1.9mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition
Calories: 210kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 149mg | Potassium: 283mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 635IU | Vitamin C: 2.7mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 1.9mg
