Healthy arroz con leche recipe

Healthy arroz con leche (rice porridge)
♪Arroz con leche me quiero casar ♪ Oh this brings me back to my
childhood. Coming from a Dominican family I grew up having this dish as
breakfast or dessert.
It’s so delicious and easy to make. The only ‘bad’ thing about this dish is
that it’s very high in calories and carbs. So I was thinking, why not make it
healthier?
When I want to make a dish healthier, I start by searching for the
ingredients of the original version. For a normal ‘arroz con leche’ you will
need white rice, whole milk and sugar.
To replace these ingredients for healthier ones I used brown rice, almond
milk and sweetener. As simple as that. The taste is a little bit different than
usual but believe me, it’s delicious!
I know you want to start making this dish already so I will keep it short.
Don’t forget that moderation is the key! (I will repeat this over and over)
If you make this recipe be sure to take a picture and tag it #FitQueens on
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Saludos (cheers)
Arroz con leche (rice porridge)
Prep time
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Cook time
35 min
Total time
35min
Servings
10
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Ingredients:
- 2 cups brown rice
- 3 tbsp sweetener (I used stevia. You can add more if you want)
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- pinch of salt
- 5 cups almond milk (you can use oatmeal/coconut milk as well)
- 1/2 cups raisins
Instructions:
- Cook rice with plenty of water (around 4-5 cups of water)
- Add sweetener
- Add 3-4 cinnamon sticks and a pinch of salt
- Let it cook till rice is very soft
- When there is no much water left add almond milk and raisins
- Let it cook slowly till it's thick enough
- Serve hot or cold
Nutrition information
Serving size: 1 small bowl| Calories 440 | Fat 29.7 gr| Saturated fat 25.6 gr| Carbs
43gr| Sugars 8.3 gr| Protein 5.9 gr