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I like salad, but I often feel “cheated” (lol) when the main meal is a salad.<\/p>\n
My solution to it is adding cooked rice to veggies.<\/p>\n
Just having a little rice makes the salad so much more satisfying, in my opinion.<\/p>\n
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As you can see there are a lot of vegetables in this bowl, but the star of this salad is the roasted sweet potatoes.<\/p>\n
Terry bought some at the local farmers market for me.<\/p>\n
When I saw them, I was not very happy, because they did not look “pretty”.<\/p>\n
They looked somewhat deformed and dirty still covered with dirt.<\/p>\n
But what a surprise (or not so)!<\/p>\n
These were the best sweet potatoes ever.<\/p>\n
When I roasted them, they turned out perfectly sweet, and the texture was just right, not too wet or mushy.<\/p>\n
I could have eaten a whole sheet panful of them as they were, without any dressing, sauce, syrup, or butter.<\/p>\n
They were that good.<\/p>\n
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I was able to keep some of them for our lunch salad.<\/p>\n
In this bowl are Japanese white rice, roasted sweet potatoes, avocado, tomatoes, persimmons, napa cabbage, and spinach.<\/p>\n
This was served with lime tahini dressing (and soy sauce; I have to have soy sauce for my avocados! I think it’s a Japanese thing (lol).).<\/p>\n
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By the way, what do you use When you want to add an extra flavor or an extra richness (or fat) to enhance the flavor of your dish or make it a bit more interesting at the last minute.<\/p>\n
Bacon bits?<\/p>\n
Cheese?<\/p>\n
Well, how about if you want to keep your dish plant-based?<\/p>\n
As you can see already \u2191, this is one of my favorite last minute flavor-enhancers: fried onion.<\/p>\n
I keep a good quality can in my pantry.<\/p>\n
I sprinkle it on salads, soup, and really anything!<\/p>\n