Asparagus, Almond and Chickpea Brown Rice with a Lemon Tahini Dressing

This is another gem from Heidi Swanson where she had posted it as 'Ten Minute Tasty Asparagus and Brown Rice'. However she uses pre-cooked brown rice which I've never seen here so with brown rice taking 20 minutes to cook I had to call it something else!

It is so, sooooo good - especially that dressing! I'll be using that in loads of things, I'm thinking drizzled over falafel in pita would be yummy.....and last night I was dipping stuffed vine leaves into some of the leftover dressing and that was very good too :) I also loved the asparagus quickly stir fried like this, I usually always steam my asparagus but the crunchiness was really nice this way. I used brown basmati rice, simply as I prefer it to regular brown rice but as she says you can use any grain you like, even pasta.

Recipe is here .

Just a note - it calls for 3 cups cooked rice, you'll need about 150g raw for that. Also the whole recipe says it serves 4-6, I halved it for my husband and myself and it was way too much, we easily could have halved it again. Although as she says this would also be very good cold the next day as a salad :) Just make sure you cool it down quickly and get it into the fridge within an hour.