If you have just a few good condiments on hand, you can make a great, simple meal in minutes by adding cooked rice.

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup cooked sprouted brown rice
  • Soy sauce to taste optional
  • 1 to 2 teaspoons lemon-scented olive oil, to taste
  • 1 cup spinach leaves, or a mixture of spinach and arugula, tightly packed
  • Zest of 1/8 lemon
  • 1 ounce smoked trout
  • 1 lemon wedge
  • 1 sprig cilantro, chopped
  • ½ to 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds, to taste
  • Nutritional Information
    • Nutritional analysis per serving (1 serving)

      281 calories; 10 grams fat; 1 gram saturated fat; 6 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 37 grams carbohydrates; 4 grams dietary fiber; 0 grams sugars; 10 grams protein; 6 milligrams cholesterol; 217 milligrams sodium

    • Note: Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available data.

Serves one

Preparation

  1. Season the cooked sprouted brown rice to taste with soy sauce, and place in a large, wide bowl.
  2. Stalk the salad greens and cut crosswise into thin strips (chiffonade). Alternatively, place the greens in a bowl and cut into small pieces with scissors. Toss with the lemon oil and pile over the rice, or toss with the rice. Break up the smoked trout, and place on top of the spinach. Squeeze on a few drops of lemon juice and top with the cilantro. Scatter on the lemon zest, sprinkle on the sesame seeds and serve.
  • Sprouted brown rice is a packaged product that you can find in natural foods stores with other packaged grains. The grains are sprouted, then dried. It looks and cooks like regular brown rice.
  • Advance preparation: The cooked sprouted brown rice will keep for three or four days in the refrigerator.

About 10 minutes

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