This morning, I did a Refine Method class at 9:30am, then headed out to run a loop of Central Park with my friend Steph afterward. Having only fueled for all that exercise with a bowl of steel cut oatmeal topped with a spoonful of Trader Joe’s Cookie Butter, I was famished when I got home, and wanted pretty much everything I could possibly think of. The result? This mish-mosh recipe, which makes a massive bowl and yet is pretty darn healthy.
(No picture because I wasn’t planning to post it until a few friends asked. That said, it doesn’t come out very pretty anyway – but it’s totally delicious!)
Buffalo Blue Cheese Brown Rice and Crab
1. Bring 1 cup water to boil, and then add 1/3 cup uncooked shortgrain brown rice. This is the longest part of the cooking process, so best to start it first.
2. Rough chop one stalk of celery and one large tomato, and set aside.
3. In a microwave-safe bowl, put one Laughing Cow Light Blue Cheese wedge, and microwave for 15 seconds. (If you don’t want to use Laughing Cow Light, which is admittedly quite processed, you can substitute 0.5-1 oz of regular blue cheese; blue cheese is very pungent so it doesn’t take much!)
4. To the bowl, add 1/4 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt (I used Chobani), 1 tsp of hot sauce, 1 tsp dried thyme, and 1/2 tsp garlic powder. Use a fork to mash (since the cheese won’t be completely melted) and combine.
5. Wait for your rice to finish cooking, and perhaps catch up on blog reading in the meantime? If you’re me.
6. To the rice pot, add one 4oz can of Trader Joe’s crabmeat; heat through (about 2 minutes).
7. Microwave the sauce for 30 seconds to heat, then add the rice/crab mixture and the raw veggies. Stir and eat!
This recipe is low-fat, high in calcium, and very high in manganese. Plus it’s delicious 🙂 Enjoy!
Laura, is there some website where you can enter ingredients of a recipe and get that nutritional fact printout? That’s cool
Yup! I use this calorie calculator from About.com. It’s not quite as accurate as selecting each food manually (like you would on a site like MyFitnessPal), but I like that you can just type in the box and it finds the closest ingredient, so it’s very quick for an estimate. Without tweaking, I find that it runs a bit high (and I’d rather that than a little low). When I put together a calorie label for the blog, I generally double-check each ingredient so it’s more accurate.
Great recipe! Sometimes, a mis-mash bowl totally hits the spot. Especially when you #justaddgood! 🙂
Amy, @Chobani
Amy, I LOVE how easy Chobani makes it to have a cheesy cream sauce that’s incredibly healthy and low cal!