School’s back in session, and I’m employing lots of strategies to get dinner on the table efficiently on weeknights.
- Have a cooked grain (such as rice) in the refrigerator at all times. This is good for building an impromptu “bowl.”
- Keep on hand some pulled pork or another cooked meat, to build a bowl or burrito or taco. You can make it in your slow cooker, or purchase it already prepared, as I did here. This version is cooked, smoked and seasoned but not sauced, so is very versatile. This can be a dinner-saver!
- Have some all-purpose condiments, such as the pickled carrots and onions [1]I am using here. This is the ubiquitous nibble that appears magically every time you sit down to eat at a Mexican restaurant, but you can make it yourself so easily.
- Be willing to mix and match ingredients for an impromptu dinner. Use what you have!
So let’s build our dinner bowl. We just got home from soccer practice, and homework’s waiting.
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California Pulled Pork Bowl with Pickled Vegetables
A classic dinner bowl starts with rice, pulled pork, fresh tomatoes and avocado, topped off with pickled vegetables.
Ingredients
- Cooked rice, hot (I used Planet Rice Sprouted California Blonde Rice)
- Pulled pork, heated (I used Hormel Taco Meats Shredded & Seasoned Pork [3])
- Organic heirloom tomatoes, seeded and diced
- California avocados, peeled and diced
- Pickled vegetables such as [Mexican Pickled Onions and Carrots|
- http://www.shockinglydelicious.com/quick-mexican-pickled-onions-and-carrots]
Directions
- To build each bowl, add rice to a dinner-sized bowl, add a portion of pulled pork, and top with a scattering of tomatoes, avocados and pickled vegetables.
- Serves 4.
Notes
Recipe source: Dorothy Reinhold | Shockingly Delicious.
Copyright Dorothy Reinhold | ShockinglyDelicious.com. All rights reserved.
Disclaimer: Hormel sent the pulled pork for recipe development, and compensated me for my time. Planet Rice sent the rice.