California Roll in a Bowl

What You'll Need

Salad

• one cup brown rice, cooked (1/2 c dry)
• one head butter or romaine lettuce, chopped
• 8 oz. imitation crab meat or cooked shrimp, chopped
• one English (seedless) cucumber, thinly sliced (and peeled if not organic)
• one ripe avocado, diced
• one carrot, grated
• three 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

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

How to Make It

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.
3. Top with crab meat, avocado, cucumber, carrot and ginger.
4. Drizzle dressing over salads, then top with sesame seeds and nori.