After a quick trip to Trader Joe’s, I came home and resolved to make the brown rice salad that I’d sampled there. Plus, since it was Friday, our fish day, I made a simple fish chowder too.
Bella declared it her favorite meal of any I’d ever made.
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So here it is. It’s very simple and cooling to eat in this belated heat wave we’re having.
Brown Rice Salad
brown rice (I used leftovers. 3-4 cups)
wine vinegar (I ran out and supplemented with basalmic)
olive oil
5-6 scallions, chopped fine
red and purple bell pepper, diced (I also added diced baby crookneck, raw)
toasted pecans (I toasted them in a cast iron skillet)
1 can of drained garbanzos
salt and pepper
I also added fresh chopped parsley
optional: at TJ’s they added chicken – I didn’t.
1. The recipe calls for cooking and cooling the brown rice. Mine was refrigerated left-evers, so I nuked it for a few minutes to soften it up.
2. Toss lightly with olive oil and rice vinegar – to taste.
3. Add the rest of the ingredients – and toss.
4. Salt and pepper to taste.
Fish Chowder
2-3 stalks celery, diced fine
1 onion, chopped
2-3 carrots, chopped
2-3 cloves garlic sliced thin
1/2 container crimini mushrooms, quartered
1-2 tomatoes, chopped coarsely
1 container chicken stock
1 # cod fillets (cut into 2-inch chunks, I used scissors)
fish sauce, to taste
1. Saute onions and celery until soft. Add carrots and after a minute or two, add the garlic slices.
2. Pour in the chicken stock. Bring to a simmer.
3. Add tomatoes and mushrooms. Simmer 3-5 minutes.
4. Add cod fillet pieces. Simmer until cod turns white and flakes easily. 3-5 minutes.
5. Add fish sauce to taste.
