Quick Herbed Rice

Ingredients:
1 cup instant rice
1/4 teaspoon thyme, or 2 teaspoons fresh
1/2 cup parsley
1 bay leaf
1/4 teaspoon salt optional, or to taste
3 tablespoons pine nuts or chopped walnuts

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cook rice with herbs and salt to taste according to package directions.

While rice is cooking, place pine nuts in a shallow pan and toast in oven 5-7 minutes, or until golden. Shake pan at 3 minute intervals.

Transfer to a dish to cool. Discard bay leaf.

Stir pine nuts into rice.

Recipe makes 2 servings.

Nutrition Facts per Serving:
Calories: 129
Fat: 3.4g
23% calories from fat
Cholesterol: 0
Protein: 3.6g
Carbohdyrate: 21.3g
Fiber: 0.9g
Sugar: 0.9g
Sodium: 6mg
Dietary Exchanges: Vegetable: 0.1, Bread: 1.1, Fat: 0.6, Very lean meat protein: 0.2