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VEGGIE RICE SALAD

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Veggie Rice Salad with Beans, Corn, and Cherry Tomatoes

Look at all these pretty colooorsss. I mean, cooome ooon.

So you’ll be getting here:

• An amazingly delicious, fast and easy salad recipe

• Tons of flavors

• Great nutrients

• 19 g Fiber

• 21 g Protein

• 118 mg vitamin C

• 122 mg Calcium

• 4697 IU vitamin A

• 206 mg Magnesium

• 3,4 mg Zinc

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VEGGIE RICE SALAD
 
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Recipe type: Salad, Easy
Cuisine: Light, Vegan, Vegetarian
Ingredients
  • 80 gr cooked brown rice
  • 100 gr red beans or other kinds of beans (kidney beans, roman beans, white beans)
  • 50 gr sweet corn
  • 5 cherry tomatoes, halved (or 1 medium/big tomato)
  • ½ bell pepper
  • 100 gr baby spinach
  • 1 spring onion
  • ½ tsp black cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp pumpkin seeds
  • 2 tbsp radish sprouts
  • 2 tbsp fresh parsley, optionally
  • lemon juice, to taste, optionally
  • salt
  • pepper
Instructions
  1. Cook brown rice following directions on package.
  2. Mix brown rice with radish sprouts, baby spinach, beans, sweet corn, peppers, tomatoes, spring onion, black cumin seeds, pumpkin seeds, and parsley.
  3. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Optionally, add soy sauce, hoisin sauce, or BBQ sauce to taste.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 415 Fat: 5 g Saturated fat: 0.5 g Unsaturated fat: 4.5 g Carbohydrates: 77 g Sodium: 150 mg Fiber: 19 g Protein: 21 g Cholesterol: 0 g

 

MUSHROOM BRUSCHETTA

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Mushroom Bruschetta

Sooo these bruchettas are totally delicious!

They’re cooked in hoisin sauce and lime juice so the flavors are ah-mazing.🙆

What you’ll be getting here is:

• A fast, fast, fast but satisfying snack, appetizer, breakfast, or whatever you want it to be

• Delicious flavors

• 15 grams of Protein

• 83 mg Calcium

• 8 grams of Fiber

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MUSHROOM BRUSCHETTA
 
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Recipe type: Appetizer, Snack, Breakfast
Cuisine: Vegetarian, Vegan
Serves: 3 slices
Ingredients
  • 150 gr mushrooms (button, oyster), sliced
  • 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
  • 2-3 tbsp lime juice
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • ⅔ slices of preferred bread, toasted
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Optionally, 3-4 cherry tomatoes and fresh parsley, cilantro or spring onion.
Instructions
  1. Heat up a non-stick pan on medium heat.
  2. Slice mushrooms and add them to the pan. Cook for 2 minutes on medium heat and add hoisin sauce and lime juice. Cook for another 2-3 minutes, or until the sauce has reduced.
  3. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Add olive oil to grill and grill bread slices for 1-2 minutes on each side, or until golden.
  5. Cut the clove of garlic length wise and stick a fork into half of the clove, leaving the cut side open, then rub the garlic on the bread on 1 side.
  6. Add mushrooms on top of each slice and serve.
  7. Optionally, you can add sliced cherry tomatoes on bruschetta, fresh parsley or cilantro.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 243 Fat: 7 g Carbohydrates: 43 g Sodium: 515 mg Fiber: 8 g Protein: 15 g Cholesterol: 0.5 g

 

 

SPINACH, AVOCADO AND RED BEANS SALAD

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Spinach, Avocado and Red Beans Salad

Check out these pretty colors having a party in my bowl🌻 🙆🏼

We’ve got baby spinach, red beans, avocado, carrots, cherry tomatoes and spring onions topped with seeds, lime juice and balsamic vinegar. It’s a fast, healthy, delicious salad recipe, ready in 10 minutes.

We’ve also got 253 grams of Calcium going on, 17 grams of fiber, 67 mgrams of vitamin C, 6 mgrams of iron, 6 mgrams of vitamin C, and 186 mgrams of Magnesium.

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SPINACH, AVOCADO AND RED BEANS SALAD
 
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Recipe type: Salad
Cuisine: Vegan, Vegetarian
Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • ½ ripe avocado, sliced
  • 1 small carrot, grated
  • 100 g/ ½ cup baby spinach
  • 10 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 100 g/ 1½ cups red beans
  • 1 spring onion, chopped
  • 1 tsp sesame seeds
  • 1 tsp sunflower seeds
  • 1 tsp poppy seeds
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • salt
  • pepper
Instructions
  1. Rinse spinach and place in a large bowl.
  2. Cut tomatoes in half, grate carrot, slice avocado, rinse beans, chop spring onion, and add them all on top of spinach.
  3. Top off with seeds, lime juice and balsamic vinegar.
  4. Season with salt and pepper.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 353 Fat: 18 g Carbohydrates: 41 g Sugar: 9 g Sodium: 370 mg Fiber: 17 g Protein: 14 g Cholesterol: 0 g

 

 

SAUTEED SPINACH AND PEPPERS WITH BROWN RICE AND ROASTED CHERRY TOMATOES

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What we have here is a healthy, delicious, colorful recipe ready in less than 30 minutes. You’ll need fresh spinach, red bell peppers or kapia peppers sesame seeds, some brown rice, and a few cherry tomatoes and an empty stomach 😀.

This recipe is rich in nutrients, provides a high level of satiety, and makes a delightful lunch or dinner. Among other nutrients, this recipe will offer (per portion): 168 mg vitamin C, 201 mg calcium, 7 mg iron, 270 µg folate, 190 mg magnesium, and 12628 IU vitamin A.

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SAUTEED SPINACH AND PEPPERS WITH BROWN RICE AND ROASTED CHERRY TOMATOES
 
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Cuisine: Vegetarian, Vegan
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 200 g/ ⅞ cups fresh spinach
  • 1 red bell pepper or 2 kapia peppers, cut lengthwise
  • 6 garlic cloves, pressed
  • 1 spring onion, chopped
  • 3 tsp olive oil
  • 2 tbsp roasted sesame seeds
  • 100 g/ ½ cups brown rice
  • 20 cherry tomatoes
  • ½ tsp chili flakes, more if preferred
  • salt
  • pepper
Instructions
  1. Cook brown rice following directions on package.
  2. For the roasted cherry tomatoes, preheat the oven at 200 degrees C/400 degrees F.
  3. Mix 4 pressed garlic cloves with 2 tbsp olive oil. Lightly toss tomatoes with olive oil in a sheet pan and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  4. Roast tomatoes for 15-20 minutes.
  5. Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil on medium heat and add 2 cloves of garlic, spring onion and chili flakes. Cook 1 minute and add spinach and peppers. Saute for another 3-4 minutes, stirring.
  6. In the same pan, add cooked rice, sesame seeds, and season with salt and pepper. Blend all ingredients.
  7. Serve sauteed rice spinach with roasted cherry tomatoes.
Notes
Optional: walnuts, shallots, fresh herbs
Nutrition Information
Calories: 445 Fat: 16 g Saturated fat: 2 g Unsaturated fat: 14 g Carbohydrates: 57 g Sugar: 7 g Sodium: 107 mg Fiber: 7.5 g Protein: 11 g Cholesterol: 0