Brown Rice Sushi Salad

(from teaandcookies.com)

Yes. Sushi Salad. I guess I can cross off 'learn how to make brown rice sushi' from my to-do list, as I've found my dream dish! Tastes JUST LIKE sushi, but way more healthy.

It helped that I already had the brown rice (and wheat berries!) in the fridge, so the assembly was quite easy. Made the rice dressing and the wasabi dressing in the morning, and threw everything together just before eating. I also doubled the recipe, and had about 1/2 rice, 1/2 wheat berries.

Oshi oshi!

Brown rice – cooked, 2 cups

vinegar dressing for rice:
¼ cup + 3 tbsp. rice wine vinegar, divided
¼ cup sugar
1½ tsp. salt
Sesame seeds

In a small saucepan combine ¼ cup vinegar to boil w/ sugar & salt, stirring until sugar is dissolved - remove from heat. Transfer rice to a large bowl & stir in vinegar mixture. Cool rice. (If there is excess liquid in the bottom of the bowl, drain rice again.) Stir in sesame seeds, remaining 3 tbsp. vinegar, and a bit of oil.

Add the following:

Grated carrot (about 1/2 cup)
Avocado (half an avocado)
Hijiki seaweed (1½ tsp dried; 1 tbsp reconstituted) (did not use)
Radish, grated or minced (1/4 cup) (I couldn't find any!)
Pickled ginger
Sliced green onions(1-2)
½ cup cucumber, chopped
2 sheets of nori seaweed, cut into small pieces

Wasabi dressing:
3 tsp wasabi paste
1 tbsp hot water
2 tbsp cold water
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp pickled ginger juice

In a small bowl, stir all ingredients together. Drizzle dressing over salad and mix carefully.