My littlest tenant (not Orville) is a bit too fond of my cooking and has been hoovering my food at an alarming rate this month. Tonight, I needed to put my foot down and cook the healthiest, most granola dinner I could think of and use up the bits & bobs from the fridge at the same time. After  googling random keywords like: chickpeas, asparagus and every sort of healthy whole grain I had in my pantry (quinoa, millet, couscous etc), I came across this brown rice and asparagus meal from 101 Cookbooks. PERFECT.

I set the brown rice on the stove as soon as I got home and let it cook away for 40 minutes. Heidi suggests using frozen brown rice - I have *never* seen that in a grocery store.. and frankly, ick. While the rice cooked away, I blended up a batch of gazpacho, prepped the veggies and whipped together the dressing for the rice.

Everything came together really nicely. I think there’s a little too much lemon juice in the dressing recipe or else I over-zested it - I needed to add a bit of honey to balance out the tartness. Other than that - I would definitely make the asparagus and brown rice dish again. Take that my little tenant/hoover.

Boyfriendly rating: 4/5 “Go easy on the lemon juice / zest”

Must run, my freeloading fur-tenant, Orville, just crashed into something. Cats are supposed to be graceful, no?