Greek Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup quick-cooking rice
1 cup water
1 garlic clove (grated)
1 lemon, zest of
3/4 cup marinated artichoke hearts
1/2 cup fresh spinach, chopped
2 tablespoons chives (chopped)
1/2 lemon, juice of
dried oregano
salt, to taste
1/3 cup feta cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup kalamata olive (stoned and chopped)

Preparation

Bring water to a boil, add rice, garlic, and artichokes, cook covered for 5 minutes.
Add rest of ingredients, let sit, covered, for 5-7 minutes, to heat everything through.
Notes: make sure not to leave the top off the pot for too long while adding ingredients. The mixture needs its steam to \"cook\" the rice.