Mexican Rice, Seitan and Veggies over Salad Greens with Guacamole

Mexican Rice, Seitan and Veggies over Salad Greens with Guacamole

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 1
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 380.7
  • Total Fat: 10.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 925.6 mg
  • Total Carbs: 56.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 9.6 g
  • Protein: 20.3 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Mexican Rice, Seitan and Veggies over Salad Greens with Guacamole calories by ingredient


Introduction

Seitan is sauted with cumin, tossed with roasted veggies and rice, then topped with a very rich guacamole for those days that you just have to have something a little extravagant Seitan is sauted with cumin, tossed with roasted veggies and rice, then topped with a very rich guacamole for those days that you just have to have something a little extravagant
Number of Servings: 1

Ingredients

    Bowl of mesclun greens
    1 1/2 oz avocado, mashed
    1 tsp wild wood garlic aioli (vegan mayonaisse)
    2 tsp tamari
    1/4 cup salsa
    3/4 cup Spanish rice from mix
    2 oz seitan sliced thin
    1/4-1/2 tsp cumin
    canola spray
    1-2 cups roasted zucchini, carrots, mushrooms, or whatever vegetables you have
    chopped scallions

Directions

Prepare the rice per package directions. While that is cooking, prepare the vegetables, guacamole and seitan.


For the vegetables: Preheat oven to 375. Spray a cookie sheet with oil spray. Lay out thick chunky sliced zucchini, whole baby carrots, whole small or halved larger button mushrooms (or strips of peppers, smallish florets of cauliflower or broccoli, etc) Spray vegetables with oil spray and sprinkle with salt. Roast 15 minutes. Remove from the oven. Zucchini and carrots will probably take another five minutes. Mushrooms will be done. Remove them from tray. Stir other veggies and roast another 5 minutes. Remove and set aside.


For the seitan: Heat a small frying pan. saute the seitan with the cumin. Add slices of jalapeno pepper if desired. Saute until seitan is browned. Set aside.


For the guacamole: mash avocado in a small bowl with a fork. Stir in 1 tsp garlic aioli or other vegan mayonaisse. If you are not using the garlic aioli, add a sprinkling of garlic powder
Then add: 2 tsp tamari
1/4 cup salsa
combine well. Cover and set aside.


In a large bowl, place salad greens and toss with scallions, reserving 1 Tbsp for the top. Layer with rice, then seitan, then veggies, then guacamole. Dollop the remaining salsa and sprinkle the rest of the scallions on top.


Perfect comfort food for those who like some spice in their comfort.

Number of Servings: 1

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MADDY_AVENA.

TAGS:  | Vegan | Vegan  |

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    28 of 32 people found this review helpful
    Seitan is a good vegan substitute for meat, made from wheat gluten, high in protein. It looks great, I'm always looking for a good seitan recipe. - 11/10/08


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    17 of 24 people found this review helpful
    tamari is wheatless soy sauce, crucial to people with celiac. also seitan is wheat gluten and poison to someone with celiacs. before i knew i had celiacs, i ate it a couple of times of week and just about killed myself. but for a regular person, the recipe sounds great. thanks maddy-avena ;) tabi - 6/24/09


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    15 of 26 people found this review helpful
    Althoughn this recipe may taste good it has too much salt in it. - 6/18/09


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    12 of 12 people found this review helpful
    Seitan is made fro wheat gluten. It is also known as "wheat meat" and is commonly used as a vegetarian meat substitute. It is very high in protein. Westsoy makes a good pre-packaged seitan, but if you can find vital wheat gluten, it is very easy to make yourself too!

    - 8/29/09


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    Incredible!
    11 of 15 people found this review helpful
    This looks marvelous! I must say that finding healthy recipes for ONE are important for me to keep on file in order to combat food ruts.
    Thanks for this!
    - 5/3/08