I couldn't decide who the star of this post was going to be, at first I was leaning towards the nutty brown rice salad using my favorite sprouted rice from Planet Rice. Or maybe it should have been the juicy grilled chicken skewers, gahh being a Pisces makes for a bad decision maker so I just chose both. I'm so lame at making decisions which is why I check restaurant menus on-line before I arrive, true story but for another day.
I'm not saying you need to make both though, the salad will melt your socks on it's own and has the ability to bedazzle any plate of food hot or cold. Personally I prefer it cold but that may be because of the early California summer and the last thing I want to do is crank up the heat in the kitchen. You can usually catch me out in the yard with something on the grill, tongs in one hand and a wine glass in the other.
The brown rice is packed with crunchy bits. Water chestnuts, snow peas and toasted cashew verify the healthy check box and there's even a little sweetness thrown in by adding some diced pineapple. The dressing has a sesame oil flavor with honey and orange juice and as with almost all of my salad dressing recipes, you'll probably have a little extra. But this time instead of shoving it in the fridge, grab a pastry brush and glaze those chicken skewers with it as they come off the grill and then glaze them again...and again.
