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Avocado Cilantro Lime Rice

January 11, 2016 by JennifersKitchen

Avocado-Lime-Cilantro-Rice-3I’ve been living in denial for the past 2 months, pretending that winter was just going to skip us this year. But last night’s wind quickly blew all those fantastical thoughts away. Now, everything is white, and there’s no denying it – I can’t sell my snow shovel at my next garage sale.

But the good news is: I no longer have to use the “the rest of my clothes are in the laundry” excuse to wear my fleece and thick, cozy socks.

(Cami, I should have taken you up on your Florida offer! It’s cold here!)

For the Love of Avocados

Within one bite, this delicious, gluten-free side dish earned its place on my “Make as Often as Possible” list thanks to its amazing flavor and ease of preparation.

I’m sort of thinking that Avocado Lime Cilantro Rice is how rice is meant to be eaten.

You really need to try this.

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Don’t Like Brown Rice?

To get white rice, you take some brown rice and process (refine) it. This refining process not only turns brown rice into white, but it also destroys a bunch of nutrients as well, like 67% of the vitamin B3, 80% of the vitamin B1, 90% of the vitamin B6, 60% of the iron, and most of the essential fatty acids.

And if you’re interested in weight loss, you may want to note that turning brown rice into white rice removes almost all the dietary fiber – a very essential nutrient for weight loss!

But what if you don’t like brown rice? Take the baby steps approach. In your next rice dish, replace a very small amount of white rice with brown.  The next time you make it, use a little bit more brown rice, and so forth until you are using all brown.

And here’s a bonus tip: Using dextrinized rice can make brown rice even easier to love.

With this gradual approach, your taste buds get time to adjust slowly. It’s quite painless and within a few short weeks you may find yourself preferring brown rice over white.

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Avocado Cilantro Lime Rice

Prep 10 mins

Total 10 mins

Author All recipes on jenniferskitchen.com are property of jenniferskitchen and cannot be included in any other recipes collection, online or offline, without prior written permission.

A quick and easy, full-of-flavor, side dish. Tastes great with fresh, green peas mixed in or served alongside black beans and fresh tomatoes.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked, hot brown rice
  • 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
  • 1 - 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon granulated onion
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 small to medium avocado

Instructions

  1. Place cilantro, garlic, lime juice, granulated onion, and salt in large mixing bowl.
  2. Add avocado to bowl. Mash and mix with other ingredients.
  3. Stir hot rice into avocado mixture. Serve hot.

Notes

To save time, mince garlic in food processor, then add cilantro and mince.

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Filed Under: Avocado Recipes, Gluten-Free, Mexican, Oil-Free Recipes, Recipes that use a food processor, Rice, Side Dishes, Weight Loss Recipes

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Comments

  1. Mary

    January 12, 2016 at 8:51 pm

    This recipe sounds really good. Is this considered a side dish or main dish. How would I use it?

    Reply
    • Jennifer's Kitchen

      January 14, 2016 at 11:39 am

      We mostly use it as side dish to eat with a Mexican meal or along side black beans and a green salad. But I’ve mixed green peas in and eaten it as a main dish

      Reply
  2. Yasmin

    January 18, 2016 at 7:13 pm

    I tried this recipe yesterday and it was AMAZING! We all loved it including my 2 year old!

    Reply
    • Jennifer's Kitchen

      January 19, 2016 at 11:59 am

      Aw, so happy to hear that, Yasmin! 🙂

      Reply

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