Fiesta Salad

Here is a recipe that our little one devoured!!  He loved the corn, sunflower seeds and the dried cranberries.  I didn't LOVE the cranberries but it's still a recipe the whole family liked.  I got this one from Clean Eating Quick and Easy Meals book.  I did make some small changes to their recipe.

2 cups of cooked brown rice
2 cobs of fresh corn (you can do canned or frozen)
1 bell pepper, chopped
2-3 green onions, chopped
3/4 cup dried cranberries
2 tbsp of dried parsley
2 garlic cloves, minced (I added a extra clove, we're garlic lovers)
2 tbsp of low sodium soy sauce
2 tbsp of fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup roasted sunflower seeds
black pepper to taste



I had some cooked chicken in the fridge that I cut into cubes and added to this as well.



1. In a skillet with a little bit of olive oil sautee' the bell pepper, this is when I added my chicken to warm it up.  In the last few minutes I added the sunflower seeds to get them nice and toasted.



2. In a bowl combine the rice, bell pepper mix, onions, cranberries and parsley.



3. In a separate bowl blend the garlic, soy sauce, lemon and olive oil once mixed then add it with the rice mixture.  Add black pepper to taste.

Enjoy!