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Easy Dinners BROWN RICE BOWL WITH SHRIMP & AVOCADO TIME: 15 MINUTES INGREDIENTS ⅓ cup lite soy sauce 1 tbsp sesame oil 1 tbsp white wine vinegar 1 tsp Truvia (or 2 tsp sugar) ¼ tsp salt 1 pound uncooked large shrimp, peeled and deveined 1 tbsp olive oil 2 green onions, sliced or diced 1 avocado, peeled pitted and diced ½ of a lemon salt and pepper cilantro, for serving hot cooked brown rice, for serving tip: Once an avocado is cut, it gets brown pretty quickly. If you want to keep the avocado half green, store it with a red onion. DIRECTIONS Cook your brown rice so it’s hot and ready to go when your meal is finished. Combine the soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar, Truvia and salt in a small bowl. Place shrimp in a bowl and pour about half of the sauce on the top. Set aside. Toss diced avocado with the juice from half of the lemon and set aside. In a medium saucepan, heat oil over mediumhigh heat. Add in about half of the diced green onions and cook until tender, 1-2 minutes. Pour in shrimp and sauce and cook for about 4-5 minutes, or until shrimp are pink and cooked through. Take off heat. Scoop rice into bowls and place shrimp on top. Add diced avocado and garnish with extra green onions and cilantro. Drizzle with remaining soy sauce mixture. 34 | fullplatemag.com winter edition | 35