Recipe help

Shmogan09

DH is on this really strict diet for the police academy and is worried about Thanksgiving.  He wants me to make a healthy side dish to bring to MILs but he doesn't like ANY kind of cooked vegetable.  I am thinking of making some type of whole grain risotto with cheese, pine nuts, cranberries, ham maybe?   This is all just ideas but I can't really find a recipe online.  Anyone have a recipe idea for me??

suitern

This isn't a recipe or anything, but what about just a healthy salad of some sort?  You could use the cranberries, pine nuts, and maybe add goat cheese or feta?  Then use a balsamic vinaigrette or just do an oil and vinegar dressing? 

kristin172429

There are a lot of wild rice recipes that sound just like this.  You coud add in quinoa, too.

https://thecafesucrefarine.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/wheatberry-wild-rice-salad-w-mango.html#&disp=180494

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/health/balsamic-roasted-winter-squash-and-wild-rice-salad.html?_r=0

https://hungrycouplenyc.blogspot.com/2012/11/wheatberry-wild-rice-butternut-squash.html

Shmogan09

His mom does a salad like that but he wanted something warm besides mashed potatoes and stuffing.  I usually do mac and cheese but he obviously can't eat that.

joie12

https://www.thedailybalance.com/2012/11/15/stuffed-acorn-squash-with-apple-cranberry-quinoa-and-walnuts/

 You could do the stuffing part, but not the squash.