Wild Rice Salad

  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.

  

Sudachi Lemon in White Sparkling Wine

Simple Cocktail: Frizzante and Sudachi Lemon

Sudachi is Japanese green lemon which is tiny and more zesty than lemon.  Usually it's used to make cocktails, ponzu soy sauce,  or simply squeeze the juice on Tempura or grilled fish.  It's tasty with grilled Shitake mushrooms.  Japanese people enjoy Matstake mushroom dishes with sudachi lemon.  The health benefits include vitamin C, calcium, potassium, and other minerals. 

Frizzante is a slightly sparkling Italian wine.

The aroma of the citrus makes Chardonnay wine very refreshing.   Avoid squeezing the juice directly into the wine unless you desire the sour taste in wine.