Get Comfort-In-A-Bowl With This Creamy, Pesto, Mushroom Risotto!

Can you eat risotto when you’re losing weight? Absolutely yes!
Here at Fitness Reloaded, we eat good food and lose weight being happy and content, not sad and hungry!
But you can’t make that happen without upgrading your recipe repertoire, so pay attention to today’s pesto mushroom risotto recipe!
You see, risottos need to be creamy, but that doesn’t really mean you have to pile on heavy cream or cheese! All you need is a way to introduce rich flavors and the right type of rice!
And hence, my handy 2 min no-oil avocado pesto sauce:
Here’s a risotto recipe that is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods! This risotto uses almost no-oil and is far lower in calories than what any other conventional recipes recommend. I whisk it up every time my daughter and I want a nice cozy meal, and honestly, we rarely leave any left-overs.

No-Oil Pesto Mushroom Risotto
- V
- Calories 490
- Fat 6 g
- Saturates 1 g
- Protein 13 g
- Carbs 97 g
- Sugars 3 g
- Salt 134 mg
- Fibre 9 g
Ingredients
- 4 servings no-oil avocado pesto
- 1 cup arborio rice, dry
- ½ lb mushrooms
- 4 tbsp water/broth
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ yellow onion, minced
- 4 cups of water
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Add 2 tbsp of water/broth to a skillet, add half of the minced garlic and saute for a minute.
- Add mushrooms, salt, and pepper to the pan and stir till browned. Add the spinach to the mushroom mix and let the leaves wilt.
- Put a separate pan on high heat, add 2 tbsp of water/broth, the rest of the minced garlic and onions. Sautee for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the rice to the onions and garlic mix once you see slight caramelization at the bottom of the pan, add two cups of water to prevent sticking.
- Let the water reduce before adding one more cup of water. Repeat this step one more time.
- After the final cup of water has reduced, check if the rice feels soft to the touch, if not add another half a cup of water and let it reduce.
- Once the rice is soft, add salt and pepper. Top the risotto with the mushroom- spinach mix.
- Add the no-oil avocado pesto and stir it into the rice. Serve hot.
Packed with mushrooms and herby no-oil pesto this is no run-of-the-mill risotto! Try this recipe and let me know if it fixes your comfort food cravings?
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