It’s lunch time, and you don’t know what to make?
Try out this recipe!
It will fill you up with a nice amount of green veggies, along with whole grains, protein, polyunsaturated fat and vitamin E.
All in one neat little bowl!
Here’s how to make it:
Serves 1 – Prep time 5 minutes – Total time (45 minutes for rice) + 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1/4 C brown rice
- 3/4 C water
- a few pieces of broccoli
- 3 asparagus spears
- handful of peas
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- generous sprinkle of sesame seeds
- pinch of sea salt
Directions:
1. Prep your ingredients: Add rice and water, bring to a boil then to a simmer. Cook for 40-45 minutes. Rinse your veggies. Chop broccoli into small pieces, snap off bottoms of asparagus then chop into pieces, take out fresh or fresh-frozen peas.
2. Steam your veggies: In a pot, add a steamer basket and about 2 inches of water. Add in broccoli first, steam for 3 minutes. Then add in asparagus, steam for 2 minutes, then peas, steaming for another 2 minutes.
3. Assemble your bowl: Add cooked rice to a bowl, top with steamed veggies. Drizzle sesame oil and mix. Top with sesame seeds and sea salt. Enjoy!
