Snuggle Up Snack: Brown Rice & Veggie Bowl

Submitted by Colleen Vaillancourt on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 15:23

As the aspen leaves turn to a vibrant gold and the fall nights cool, my body naturally gravitates towarmer foods. Delicious foods including pureed soups, chunky stews, rich pasta dishes...basically anything warm that I can put in a bowl. However, when I am in a time crunch my favorite snuggle up snack is my steamy brown rice and veggie bowl. Not only does it contain important vitamins and antioxidants, it can also be fun when eating it with tortilla chips rather than a fork or spoon.

Ingredients for Steamy Brown Rice & Veggie Bowl

4 servings

  • 2 cups of brown/whole grain rice (substitute with cous cous, quinoa, amaranth)
  • 1 Tbsp Olive oil
  • 1 organic clove of garlic, minced
  • Salt & Pepper or favorite herb if desired
  • 1 organic red bell pepper, cut into small pieces
  • 2 cups organic frozen peas
  • 1 cup organic frozen corn
  • 2 avocados
  • Guacamole mix
  • Sour cream
  • Tortilla chips

Directions:

Rice -
* Boil 4 cups of water; add olive oil, minced garlic and rice.
* Cook until water is absorbed and rice is light and fluffy.
* Add favorite herb or salt and pepper.

Veggies –
* Steam the peas and corn and then add the red pepper.
* Steaming can rip the nutrients out of the veggies and into the water below – so don’t over steam. The pepper should still be a little crisp.
* Add veggies to the rice and mix together.

Guacamole –
* Cut up the avocado into chucks and add Guacamole mix to desired flavor and mash together with a potato masher.

Spoon a steaming serving into your favorite bowl. Add a dollop of sour cream and guacamole on top and enjoy every bite with tortilla chips while snuggled up under a
fleece blanket.