Wild Rice Salad for Balanced Diet
The vegetables in this salad are colors of Wu Xing, Chinese philosophy called Five Elements(Wu Xing), which are white, black, green, red, and yellow. For example, lung relates to white, kidney to black, liver to green, heart to red, spleen to yellow. Keeping the balance of Wu Xing Five Elements is important for your health. Vegetables can be related to Five Elements. Eating all colors of vegetables may help you get more varieties of nutrition even you don't know the nutritional facts of each vegetables.
Ingredients:
Extra virgin olive oil
Finely chopped garlic
Diced eggplants, bell peppers, and zucchini,
Cooked wild rice
Belgian endive
balsamic vinegar
salt
Stir fry garlic in oil with low heat. Fry the vegetables with medium heat. Salt them. Add wild rice, and just a few drops of balsamic vinegar
Wild rice is high in protein and low in fat. Contains minerals such as magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, iron, and manganese. Also, provides Vitamin B, niacin, riboflavin, and folate. It is also a good dietary fiber.
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