Prawn, avocado & brown rice salad with lime
Cold brown rice tossed with prawns, avocado, cucumber and a lime-sesame dressing.
Quick cucumber & ginger fridge pickles
A jar of same-day cucumber pickles with ginger and sesame for rice bowls and flush days.
Ingredients
Servings 6
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Method
- Step 1
Salt the cucumber 10 minutes; rinse and squeeze.
- Step 2
Warm vinegar and sugar until dissolved; cool.
- Step 3
Pack cucumber and ginger into a jar; pour over the liquor.
- Step 4
Ready in an hour; keeps a week chilled. Sesame on serving.
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Nutrition per serving
| Calories | 40 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 1g |
| Carbohydrates | 8g |
| – of which sugars | 7g |
| Fibre | 1g |
| Fat | 1g |
| – of which saturates | 0.1g |
| Calcium | 20mg |
| Iron | 0.3mg |
| Salt | 0.8g |
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