Dragon Bowl

I feel like I'm always apologising for lack of posts recently, sorry! I'm moving to a new flat in a few weeks, my brother has just moved to China for 18 months and I've had a few hospital appointments that kept me busy. I hope to be back on track in a few weeks and posting a lot more than I have been.

Anyway, I made a delicious Dragon Bowl last night and thought I would share it. I got the jist of it from 'The Garden of Vegan' cookbook, and the dressing is practically the same as the one in there, but the main recipe changed a lot.

Dragon Bowl

• 1 cup uncooked brown rice
• 2 cups spinach
• 1 large carrot, grated
• 1 large red onion, chopped
• 1 avocado/a handful of cashew nuts (toasted or untoasted)

1. Place the rice in a pan with enough water and cook
2. When the rice is done, add the spinach, carrot and red onion to the pan, cover and leave for 5 minutes or so. During this time I make the dressing.
   
   
   
   
3. Dish into bowls, top with avocado or cashew nuts (or both) and slather in dressing. NOM.

Sarah and Tanya's You-Must-Make-This-Dressing (adjusted for what I did)

• 1 tbsp chopped red onion (I just took a bit from what was going in the dragon bowl)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp agave nectar (or maple syrup)
• 4 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 tsp dijon mustard
• 2 tsps fresh chives
• 2 tsp fresh dill
• 2 tsp fresh parsley
• pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup olive all

1. Put everything in a blender and whizz it up.

This was so much better than I imagined it would be. Kind of like a salad but kind of not...

Give it a go anyway. The original recipe said it serves 2, but I reckon you can get 3 out of this, it's strangely filling.