Looking To Summer

Hello hello!  My day off yesterday was not as productive as I had liked.  I did get the usual stuff done, (laundry, clean, cook, etc.) but the rest of the time was spent playing with my iPhone.  Sorry for all the phone talk lately.  It really is just like getting a new toy!  Of course, it hasn’t been all smooth sailing.  I did manage to screw up my iTunes and lose all my music in the process.  Thankfully, I did back up a few months ago so I still have most of my music saved.

Also, thanks for your case recommendations!  I stopped in the Apple store and ended up picking out a bumper. I am a bit clumsy so I hope I didn’t make a bad choice.

The dinner I made last night was pretty fantastic!  I got the recipe from a coworker.  She recently purchased Tosca Reno’s Eat Clean Diet book.  The food she has been bringing to work has looked excellent. She raved about one recipe in particular so I knew I had to give it a try.  The only big flop I made was that I didn’t have rice vinegar, so I cut the serving and substituted with white wine vinegar.

Summer Salad (from Eat Clean Diet Book)

• 1 cup wild rice (prepare as usual)
• 1 large chopped tomato (I used 2)
• 1/2 cup corn
• 1 bunch green onions diced
• 1/4 cup chopped basil leaves
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 4 tbsp rice vinegar
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 1 large clove garlic
• Added: ½ cup chickpeas

Directions:

Mix vinegar, sesame oil and garlic in a bowl as dressing.

Once rice is cooked…

add all other ingredients and top with dressing to taste.

All I can say is YUM!

I just love basil! It adds soo much flavor to this dish. For some added protein, I also threw in chickpeas. I can’t really take credit for that though.  It was my coworkers idea.

As the name implies, this is a perfect dish for summer.  I can almost picture myself in a dress and flip flops.  A girl can only dream.

Hope you are having a great week!  Thanks for reading!  I am off to relax and maybe have a few of these! 

Hopefully only a few.

What foods are you looking forward to having come summer?

Tagged as: cookbook, recipe, summer salad, Tosca Reno's Eat Clean Diet