Hip! Recipe of the Week: The Good Salad

So there’s this little place down in the city called Good. It’s a microbrew and grill, so you can bet your ass they have amazing burgers and beer. Plus, it’s located a in a strip mall (which is very LA), and it’s impossible to park there (which is very Hip).

But since I’m a pseudo-vegan, I can’t eat their burgers. Thus, last time I was there, I was forced into one of the best decisions I’ve ever made: Good's Ahleia brown rice salad.

I tried to make it myself tonight, was successful, and have hereby set forth the recipe for your reading and eating delight.

Ingredients:

Red leaf lettuce

Red onions

Tomatoes (yes, preferably red)

Brown rice

Feta cheese

Tofu (firm)

Dressing:

½ cup honey

2 tbs yellow mustard

2 tbs lemon juice

½ cup olive oil

Directions:

So since this is a salad, it’s pretty easy. Yes, even you can do this. Start off by cooking the brown rice – either on the stovetop or in a rice cooker. I’m an idiot at doing it on the stove, so I just dump a cup of rice into the ol’ cooker with a two cups of water and let her rip.

While the rice is cooking, prep the dressing. Tonight, my roommate and I made this, but wound up having way too much dressing for just us. So either halve this or be prepared to save it.

Then, tofu. We pan-fried ours, by sautéing a little garlic in the pan, then slicing the tofu into quarter inch strips and adding it in when the garlic was cooked. Fry until the tofu is crispy and delicious-looking. Season with salt and pepper.

Then do your salad stuff in a bowl. Go easy on the red onions – they are potent! Be generous with your feta. When the rice is done, mix it in. Lay the tofu on top. Dress it lightly with the homemade honey mustard.

Muah! Enjoy and say to yourself, "Thank you, Good, for your salady goodness." Or, if you want to say it in person, go here: http://www.goodmicrobrew.com/