{"id":6913,"date":"2010-04-16T08:34:36","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T12:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=6913"},"modified":"2016-01-27T03:19:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T08:19:14","slug":"brown-rice-with-swiss-chard-and-lemon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=6913","title":{"rendered":"Brown Rice with Swiss Chard and Lemon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I worked in Athens for a year and had a chance to eat a lot of wonderful local Greek food. This recipe was inspired by a traditional dish made with rice and spinach.\u00a0 I\u2019ve changed some of the ingredients, but the lemon flavor that I loved so much in the original recipe remains the same.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is a favorite not only because of the taste, but also because it allows me to enjoy a large side dish of rice which \u2013\u00a0\u00a0 thanks to the quantity of Swiss chard mixed in \u2013 makes the carbohydrate content lower than it would be with rice alone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div id=\"zlrecipe-container-51\" class=\"zlrecipe-container-border\" >\n<div id=\"zlrecipe-container\" class=\"serif zlrecipe\">\n  <div class=\"recipeRating\"><div id=\"post-ratings-6913\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"903c733cb0\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_6913_1\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/asweetlife_stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(6913, 1, '');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4.1, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; 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