edamame and mushroom brown rice with japanese steamed spinach

protein and veges... yuummmmm!  ever since i made the brown rice and kidney bean dish (see previous post), i've been all about cooking up brown rice and veges in my rice cooker.  it's so easy!!! i love it!!!

i just whipped this recipe up off the bat.   here's a brown rice dish that i put a japanese spin on.

ingredients
1 1/2 cups of uncooked brown rice
1/2-3/4 cup of cooked edamame beans
5 cremini mushrooms, sliced
vege bouillon, 1/2 cube
japanese rice seasoning

directions
1) cook rice according to directions.  add vege bouillon.
2) 10 minutes after rice has started cooking, stir in edamame beans and mushrooms.

ingredients for japanese steamed spinach
1 cup of water
1/2 cup of soy sauce
2 tbs of sugar in the raw
1-2 cups of spinach

directions
1) boil water, soy sauce and sugar.
2) add spinach and cook until spinach is wilted.
3) remove from heat

** plate brown rice mixture.   top with spinach and garnish with japanese ricve seasoning.  i added some of the spinach soy sauce mixture to the rice for a bit of flavor.**