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One bag or arugula
One container of cherry tomatoes 
Quarter pound of hard salami
8 Oz of fresh mozzarella
One small red onion
1/3 cup banana peppers 
Handful of fresh basil
Half cup Italian salad dressing
3 T Kewpie mayo
2 T red wine vinegar 
Sea salt and black pepper

Chop it all up, add a half box of ditalini pasta, cooked. Mix to combine.

Recipe from GrilledCheeseSocial.
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Recipe: Very Veggie Rice Bowl {Minute Rice}

March 5, 2013 · Ad-Free, Narrative

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Brown rice is sometimes a tough sell. In fact, it wasn’t until 1998 that I started liking it. It was one of a handful of trainer-approved foods that I was eating, in a mad dash effort to lose weight before my wedding, and I made a ridiculous amount of stir-fries with it.

Because stir-fry is totally where it’s at.

With the somewhat tougher texture that brown rice has, I think it’s better when it’s paired with other items, rather than eating it alone. And with this dish, I went to town.

Minute Rice makes these ready-to-serve cups that makes it really quick and easy to cook the rice, and when you’re pressed for time, it’s a great short cut. No measuring, no adding water, no nothing. Microwave the cup for one minute. Done. Boom.

Roasted asparagus.

Sauteed mushrooms and garlic.

Mrs. Dash salt-free seasoning.

A dash of soy sauce.

And then the fun began. The plating.

I mixed my vegetables with the cooked rice, and that went down on the plate first. Topped by two deliciously runny eggs (protein!). A drizzle of hot sauce. A few crumbles of goat cheese. A side of avocado and a slice of wheat toast.

And, oh man, it was soooo good. Healthy. Satisfying. Filling. Deliciousness to the nth degree.

Zero guilt here.

I shared some of my leftovers with my Mom, and after she had a chance to try it, she came back to report in.

“I hate brown rice,” she said. “But I LOVED that. I did everything but lick my plate.”

And if that isn’t a ringing endorsement, I don’t know what is.

When I posted the pictures of this dish on Instagram last night, someone asked how I get my kids to eat this type of food. And this type of food, really, is the simplest. Because it can be easily deconstructed to account for individual likes and dislikes.

For example, Madeline doesn’t like eggs yet (except deviled) or avocado. So her plate is the vegetable rice mix and toast. Nick will eat all of this, but isn’t a fan of mushrooms, so I just include less on his plate.

A layered dish like this makes it easy to plate each dish accordingly, without feeling like a short order cook.

Which, on a busy weeknight, is pretty awesome.

Total start to finish? Less than thirty minutes.

Ready.

Set.

Go!

PS Visit Minute Rice for recipes, including Minute Ready to Serve Stir It Up recipes ideas and more information about the Minute Rice family of products.

Very Veggie Rice Bowl
Recipe courtesy of Cate O’Malley

1 bunch of asparagus
10 oz package of Portobello mushrooms, sliced
4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon salt-free Mrs. Dash (original flavor)
eggs
Ready-to-Serve Minute Rice (brown), 2 containers cooked according to package directions
soy sauce
hot sauce
goat cheese (I used an herbed flavor)
wheat toast
avocado

Preheat your oven to 450. Arrange your asparagus on a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil and a sprinkling of salt. Roast for approximately 20 minutes, or until done. While it is roasting, heat a medium pan over medium heat. Spray it with non-stick cooking spray and add 1 tablespoon of canola oil. Once it’s warm, add the mushrooms and garlic. Sautee until they cook and begin to caramelize. Remove from pan and set aside. Add your eggs and cook sunny side up. Remove from heat. Once asparagus has cooked, remove from oven and cut the spears in half. In a medium-sized bowl, mix the cooked rice, asparagus and mushroom mixture together. Add a drizzle of soy sauce and mix to combine. Divide onto your plates. Top with the eggs. Drizzle of hot sauce. Crumbled goat cheese. Side of wheat toast and slice of avocado. Devour.

*I was compensated to create this recipe on behalf of Minute Rice and my involvement with The Sits Girls team.

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  1. Joanne says

    March 6, 2013 at 7:32 am

    This is the kind of meal that I LOOOOVVEEE. Especially since I’m on a major egg kick lately.
    Joanne recently posted..Recipe: Baked Eggplant Stuffed with Pasta

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  2. patsy says

    March 6, 2013 at 9:11 am

    I haven’t found a way to make brown rice that I like yet… but, this looks amazing! I’m totally going to give it a try this way!
    patsy recently posted..Southwestern Chicken Soup {Slow Cooker Recipe}

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Last week when I met the owners of the new French Last week when I met the owners of the new French bakery in town, I told them how happy I was that they were opening … because now I had an endless source for gifts for my mom’s future birthdays and Christmases. She was born in Paris and we’ve grown up with a healthy appreciation for French things … starting with their pastries and baguettes, but so much more. My daughter took her first trip to Paris last year and thoroughly enjoyed the croissants there and she deemed the ones at @chocolatinenj just as perfect. No surprise there since the owner is a French pastry chef! If you’re local and haven’t been, do make a point to stop in and visit. They’re open Wednesday through Sunday and have a wide selection of sweet and savory items and a few French retail selections as well. We’ve tried the macarons, the Croque Monsieur, the croissants, the tomato tarts, the baguette … basically we’re working our way through their display case in due time. Don’t miss this one - enjoy!
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Last week when I met the owners of the new French Last week when I met the owners of the new French bakery in town, I told them how happy I was that they were opening … because now I had an endless source for gifts for my mom’s future birthdays and Christmases. She was born in Paris and we’ve grown up with a healthy appreciation for French things … starting with their pastries and baguettes, but so much more. My daughter took her first trip to Paris last year and thoroughly enjoyed the croissants there and she deemed the ones at @chocolatinenj just as perfect. No surprise there since the owner is a French pastry chef! If you’re local and haven’t been, do make a point to stop in and visit. They’re open Wednesday through Sunday and have a wide selection of sweet and savory items and a few French retail selections as well. We’ve tried the macarons, the Croque Monsieur, the croissants, the tomato tarts, the baguette … basically we’re working our way through their display case in due time. Don’t miss this one - enjoy!
People complain about how much time is spent on ph People complain about how much time is spent on phones sometimes, but if it wasn’t for phones. I wouldn’t have these awesome little snippets of them growing up. I only wish I had more. Appreciate and document the little mundane things, for they are the very fabric of your life.
happy Spring, friends! Y’all know how long I’v happy Spring, friends! Y’all know how long I’ve been waiting for the seasons to change and I’m so excited that Mother Nature was on board today! ☀️ There is nothing like the energy from the sun and it makes me happy. Hope you got some today!
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One bag or arugula
One container of cherry tomatoes 
Quarter pound of hard salami
8 Oz of fresh mozzarella
One small red onion
1/3 cup banana peppers 
Handful of fresh basil
Half cup Italian salad dressing
3 T Kewpie mayo
2 T red wine vinegar 
Sea salt and black pepper

Chop it all up, add a half box of ditalini pasta, cooked. Mix to combine.

Recipe from GrilledCheeseSocial.
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