Sinnful Thoughts

Cauliflower & Broccoli Salad Melts

• Follow Hungry Couple's Cauliflower & Broccoli Salad recipe
• Garlic powder
• Lemon pepper
• Jewish rye bread
• Sliced Swiss cheese

Make Hungry Couple's recipe and add garlic powder and lemon pepper to taste.  While assembling the salad, start the broiler.  When the salad is completed, put a slice of rye bread on a cookie sheet and broil in the oven until one side is toasted.  Take the bread out of the oven, flip the toasted side down, put desired amount of salad on the bread, and place two slices of Swiss cheese on top.  Broil everything in the oven until the cheese is melted. 

Serves:  Approximately 4

Sinnfully Good Veggie Fried Rice

• 2 cups dry rice
• 4 Tbsp. sesame oil
• 4 cups water
• 1 bunch of fresh asparagus
• 3 celery stalks
• 6 green onions
• 2 carrots
• 4 eggs, scrambled
• 6 Tbsp. reduced sodium soy sauce
• 2 Tbsp. hoisin sauce

Cut asparagus and celery in 1-inch pieces on the diagonal, grate the carrots, and slice whites and greens of green onions.  Heat sesame oil in a large pan on medium-high to high heat.  When the oil is heated, add the rice to the pan and heat for five minutes.  Stir the rice to keep from burning.  Once it is brown, add the vegetables and water.  Turn the heat down to medium, cover rice and cook for 12-15 minutes until the water is absorbed.  In a separate frying pan, scramble the four eggs.

When the rice is done and the water absorbed, add the eggs, soy sauce, and hoisin sauce.     

Serves:  8

*note:  This recipe is adapted from California Okie Girl's recipe.*