Meatballs And Rice Skillet Dinner

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon margarine or 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 (8 ounce) package beef flavored rice-a-roni
• 2 1/3 cups water
• 16 frozen cooked meatballs (8 oz.)
• 2 cups frozen broccoli cuts, thawed
• 1/2 cup red bell pepper, strips

Recipe

• 1 melt margarine in large skillet over medium heat. add rice mix; cook and.
• 2 stir until lightly browned. add water, contents of seasoning packet from.
• 3 mix and meatballs. bring to a boil. stir; reduce heat to medium-low.
• 4 cover; cook 15 minutes.
• 5 add broccoli and bell pepper to skillet. cover; cook over medium heat.
• 6 for 7 to 9 minutes or until broccoli is crisp-tender and rice is tender.
• 7 stir to fluff rice before serving.
• 8 this recipe can be changed around a bit, using different veggies etc - i even stirred in sautéed onion and fresh mushrooms with the pepper strips -- .