Asparagus and Summer Veggies with Rice

This meal is like having salsa in a skillet with lime infused asparagus on top of a bed of rice. The flavor is sensational, the meal is satisfying and it leaves your body feeling invigorated from all the spices and vitamin C!
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Take some some rice and place it in the rice cooker and press go! What a great invention, I love our rice cooker! Then take some nopales cactus, 1/2 of a white onion, 4 serrano peppers, 2 tomatoes, a handful of fresh cilantro, 4 cloves of garlic, 1/2 can of black olives, 1 lime and saute them together in a wok. Seasoned with cumin, salt, pepper, garlic powder and red pepper flakes. Meanwhile, saute the asparagus in olive oil, the juice of 1 lime, salt and pepper. Cook until heated throughout. Place a bed of rice in a bowl, top with the Summer Veggie mixture and surround with Asparagus. Mama mia!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rice combined with 2 cups water
• 1/2 bunch asparagus - rinsed and de-stemmed
• 3 TBSP vegetable broth
• 1 stem nopales cactus - cut into small pieces
• 1/2 of a white onion - sliced
• 4 serrano peppers - diced
• 2 tomatoes - sliced
• a handful of fresh cilantro
• 4 cloves of garlic - sliced 'n diced
• 1/2 can of black olives
•  2 limes - squeezed
• To taste: cumin, salt, pepper, garlic powder and red pepper flakes

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Directions:

1. Place rice and water in a rice cooker and press cook.
2. Prepare the veggies. Preheat vegetable broth in a wok. Add the onions and saute until translucent. Add the garlic and saute for a minute or two. Add the nopales and serrano peppers and saute until fragrant. Add the tomatoes, olives, cilantro and seasoning. Saute until cooked throughout.
3. Simultaneously, heat olive oil in a cast iron skillet. Add asparagus and season with juice of 1 lime, salt and pepper. Opt for red pepper flakes as well. Cook throughout.
4. Place a bed of rice in a bowl, top with the summer veggie mixture and surround with asparagus! Serve hot.

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To your health!!
Christa