Recipes Under 400

California Roll in a Bowl

Salad:

• 1 cup brown rice, cooked (1/2 c dry)
• 1 head butter or romaine lettuce, chopped
• 8 oz. imitation crab meat or cooked shrimp, chopped
• 1 English (seedless) cucumber, thinly sliced (and peeled if not organic)
• 1 ripe avocado, diced
• 1 carrot, grated
• 3 T pickled ginger, chopped (available in the Asian section of most supermarkets)

Dressing:

• 3 T rice wine vinegar
• 1 T light soy sauce
• Wasabi powder to taste (start with 1/2 t)

Garnishes:

• 1 T sesame seeds
• 1 large sheet nori (seaweed), toasted and broken into small pieces

1. Combine all ingredients for dressing in a small bowl and whisk ingredients together.
2. Divide clean, dry and chopped lettuce among four large bowls. Top with crab meat, avocado, cucumber, carrot and ginger. Drizzle dressing over salads, then top with sesame seeds and nori.

Makes 4 servings at about 200 Calories each