Brown Rice Lunch Bowl with 24-Carrot Gold Dressing

 

Grain bowls are one of the easiest ways to prepare a nourishing and tasty meal once the ingredients are ready to go. To make a plant-powered bowl, start with the rice that you’ve made for the week as the base. Then, add colorful vegetables from your refrigerator as well as some plant proteins like beans, nuts, or seeds. Finally, top it off with a creamy dressing like the 24-Carrot Gold Dressing. You might just find yourself wondering if you’re dining at home — or at your favorite plant-based restaurant!

Brown Rice Lunch Bowl with 24-Carrot Gold Dressing

Ingredients

 ½ cup precooked brown rice (can use cold, or reheated if desired; see note)

 1 cup organic spinach (chopped)

 ½ cup frozen organic corn kernels (warmed in a bowl with boiled water, and then drained)

 ½ cup black beans (rinsed and drained, see note)

 ½ cup orange cubed (or mandarin orange segments)

 1 tbsp sesame seeds (or chopped cashews)

 3 tbsp 24 Carrot Dressing

Directions

1

Place all salad ingredients to a bowl, arranging in sections or distributing ingredients as desired.

2

Drizzle on 24 Carrot Dressing.

3

Serve.

Chef's Notes

Rice
Feel free to substitute another cooked grain here, such as quinoa, buckwheat, or millet.

Beans Note
A ½-cup measure of black beans is about one-third of a standard can (14 or 15-oz). If you want to use another cooked bean, some options are chickpeas, kidney beans, white beans, or adzuki beans.

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