Making Something Out Of Nothing ~ "Cheeze-E" Wasabi Brown Rice & A Word About Wasabi

I had a random PLAIN package of Brown Rice at work and decided to heat it up.  It really needed some sort of FLAVOR tho!  I had an "Ah HA!" Moment!  You see...I was at the end of my bag of Tamari & Wasabi Almonds and kept the bag because there was a LOT of flavoring in the bottom still there!  So instead of throwing it away I decided to use it in this rice dish!  There were some Almond "crumbs" left as well and I added some Hemp Hearts/Seeds and Nutritional Yeast to taste along with a bit of water.  Considering this was a "what I had on hand' meal - this turn out pretty good!  The Wasabi smacked me in the face but I kept eating it!

Why do I like Wasabi?  Well, let me tell you!  I enjoy powerful flavors as you may already know!  With Wasabi I have a little bit of a reminiscent thing going on, too!  About a year or two before my Grandmother passed away I introduced her to Wasabi Peas.  She didn't think she would like them.  She thought they would be TOO HOT but she had one and kept going back time and time again and thereafter bought Wasabi Peas to snack on from time to time.

It's technically a root/plant much like Horseradish - altho - Horseradish IS a different plant.

It stimulates the nasal passages and clears the senses.  I think it's a nice way to open up and awake your nose every once and a while - just by eating a bit of it!

Some people say that Wasabi is good for slowing down spoilage and bacteria growth.  Wasabi also has Anti-Inflammatory Effects as well as Anti-Cancer Properties.  Just a few fun findings on Wasabi.

Sloppy BUT Yummy!

 Remember the Dressing I Blogged about earlier this week - the one I thought about making into a soup?  Well, I sampled it warm and thought it was a little too lemony for a soup but it sure did have potential!  I might tweak it FOR a soup, soon, but in the meantime I ended up doing something else with it!

I think I will call this Citrus Avocado Taco Rice and Broccoli!

It was on the verge of a Spanish Rice with a lemony twist!  I literally just added a bit of the prepared 'dressing' to this brown rice and threw in some Broccoli!


Above you can see a close-up of the rice dish and here you can see the whole plate.  I know it looks a little sloppy but everything was quite good!  In addition to the Rice Dish I was craving some mashed potatoes and had some Vegan Cheesy Mashed Potatoes on hand for a while now...so I made those up!  And I don't think I have had Creamed Corn in YEARS so I had some of that too!  The Creamed Corn is just Corn, Water, and Potato Starch.

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"Cheesy" Veggies & Rice

Last night I made this for my lunch today.  It's Vegan "Cheesy" Veggies & Rice!  For the veggies there are Broccoli, Cauliflower, and Carrots.  For the Rice I used Brown Rice eventho it's hard to see in the pic because it's covered with "cheesy" sauce...and because it was taken with my iPhone.  (Speaking of which...I hope to be getting a new iPhone in the next few weeks so my iPhone pics should be better!)

I did the tasty Vegan Cheese Sauce I did for the Mac & Cheese I posted yesterday but kicked it up a notch.  I used more of each ingredient but then I also used Instant Mashed Potato Flakes as a thickener.  It worked really well in this case.  Plus I really like the potato flavor it added to this dish.

Is it wrong of me to want to eat this as BREAKFAST?

I'll hold off as long as I can...

YUM!