Name: Wine Rice
Ingredients: 1 c Raw rice; 1 c Fresh chopped tomatoes; 1/2 c Chopped onion; 1 lb Sliced mushrooms; 1/2 c Dry red wine; 1/2 c Reduced calorie margarine; Or; Olive oil; 1/2 c Grated parmesan ( optional; 1 c Cooked peas; 1 ts Salt; Vegetable broth or; Chicken broth( for non; Vegetarians )

Nativity scenes and Christmas cards make the birthing place of Jesus like something out of a “Tennessee Made-for-Television Christmas Special” with Garth Brooks sitting on a bale of hay strumming some of our Holiday favorites in a clean barn with domesticated animals and seats for the children to drink their hot chocolate. Clearly this was not the case for Joseph and Mary. The conditions were crude. We can assume animals were present, but the text never confirms it. Animals probably were at some time housed there since Jesus was placed in a manger, which is a feeding trough for animals. The whole place smelled not only from animal droppings, but also from poverty, scandal, insignificance, helplessness, humiliation and embarrassment.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Meats	Vegetarian	Vegetables	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Raw rice
1	c	Fresh chopped tomatoes
1/2	c	Chopped onion
1	lb	Sliced mushrooms
1/2	c	Dry red wine
1/2	c	Reduced calorie margarine
		Or
		Olive oil
1/2	c	Grated parmesan ( optional
1	c	Cooked peas
1	ts	Salt
		Vegetable broth or
		Chicken broth( for non
		Vegetarians )

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine raw rice with broth ( 1/2 cup less than package directions for 1
cup of raw rice ). Add remainder of ingredients except margarine or olive
oil and peas. Bring rice mixtureto a boil and cover and simmer 30 minutes
or until rice is tender and liquid absorbed. Stir in cooked peas and
margarine or oil. Less can be added of the fat to your liking. If using
cheese, sprinkle on and mix gently. Delicious prepared both way( with or
without margarine and cheese )
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