Healthy Whole Grain Recipe
Ingredients:
10 cups whole wheat bread cubes or white bread or buns, dry
1/3 cup water
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 teaspoon parsley, dried or 1 Tbsp fresh parsley chopped
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 1/2 cups milk
1 lightly beaten egg
2 medium pared, cored and chopped apples or 1/4 cup raisins (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put cubes in a large bowl. Set aside.
Put water in medium saucepan. Add onion, celery, parsley, salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes. Do not drain. Pour over bread cubes.
Stir in milk and egg. Gently stir in apples, and raisins, if desired.
Spoon into a greased 2-quart baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
Serving Size: 1/8 of recipe. Recipe yields 8 servings of Whole Grain Stuffing.
Nutrition information per serving: Calories: 150; Total fat: 2.5g (sat. fat 1g, trans fat 0g); Cholesterol: 30mg; Sodium: 410mg; Carbohydrate: 26g; Fiber: 1g; Sugars: 5g; Protein: 6g
