Ingredients

  • 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

Method

  • Combine all ingredients for dressing in a small bowl and whisk ingredients together.
  • 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.
  • Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SP_STEPF.