What is Resistant Starch, and why is it important in our diets? Here are some simple recipes you can make and enjoy more of this miracle carbohydrate in your diet without guilt.
Upper left – Green Banana Rice Salad and Upper right – Dill Potato Salad
A Menu Containing 3 Resistant Starch Recipes:
- Green Banana and Pepper Rice Salad (Recipe below, please scroll down)
- Side Garnish of Avocado and Cucumber Slices with Lemon, plus Asparagus Spears.
- Dill Pickle Potato Salad – Link to Recipe
- Marinated Steak
- Cinnamon Rice Pudding with Maple Syrup and Whipped Cream for Dessert.
– Link to Recipe - Recipe: How to Marinate Steak and Why.
To learn more about choosing healthy starches and including more resistant starch in your diet, please go to the Blog Article: What is Resistant Starch and Why is it Important.
Have you ever thought about why people become a little more svelte in summer or feel like it? I have a theory that it is because, traditionally, more cold salads are eaten in warmer weather. Cold salads made from potatoes, rice, beans, and the like are full of resistant starch because a natural process of cooling these foods turns their starches to have more resistant properties. Resistant starch–rich meals also impact gut health since our bodies are such a mix of synergistic organisms. Read on about how you can put together a very tasty menu that is rich in Resistant Starch. Steak dinner with two resistant starch salads and a resistant starch dessert. Two easy salads, marinated steak, and rice pudding recipes with step-by-step instructions can be found in separate blogs. Just click on the item below to go to the recipe page for each one.
If you are searching for a menu that will be tasty for anyone and also includes easy gluten-free menu items, this is one that will be sure to please. Make sure to read all the ingredient labels on any ingredients used to be sure that they are gluten-free so that your guests will not be unintentionally ‘glutened.’ A gluten-free diet is necessary for many people, and this will help your guests not be centered at the dinner table or picnic lunch.
We think of salads for summer, and these will be wonderful for your BBQ. Anyone can eat these gluten-free salads. Everyone’s favorite Potato Salad and a Rice Salad with a sweet little twist. The Green Banana pieces in the salad taste sweet next to the rice and peppers, and it is a very nice, light, palate-pleasing salad. A great summertime dessert is also Rice Pudding. As shown here, you can make a small amount or a big batch to feed a crowd.
Gluten-Free, You Can Do It – A Cookbook by Trina Astor-Stewart.
How to Make Green Banana and Sweet Pepper Rice Salad
Green Banana & Sweet Pepper Rice Salad
Course: SaladsCuisine: SaladsDifficulty: Easy4
servings10
minutes30
minutesThe Green Bananas in this Rice Salad add a little sweet surprise, and since green bananas are not as sweet to taste as ripe ones, the addition to the rice salad makes eating green bananas more palatable. Serves 2 to 4.
Step By Step method with ingredients
Step One: Start by cooking some Jasmine Rice.
1 Cup Jasmine Rice
2 ½ cups cold water
1 tablespoon Avocado Oil or a Blend
Cooking Directions: Bring to a boil; stir once or twice. Turn the stove down to simmer. Cover the rice and cook for approximately 20 minutes until tender and the water is absorbed. Cool the rice.
Step Two: Assemble the Rice Salad with the following ingredients
2 cups cooked rice
1 yellow sweet pepper, seeds removed and chopped
1 red sweet pepper, seeds removed and chopped
1 green banana chopped
2 tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar
1 teaspoon liquid honey
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8th teaspoon cayenne pepper
Step Three: Toss all together well. Place in a serving bowl.
Garnish Green Banana Salad with fresh Asparagus Spears.
Side of Plate Garnish consists of Avocado and Cucumber Slices drizzled with Lemon.
Notes
- You can refrigerate the rice salad for up to two days and add the green banana before serving. The 1 cup of uncooked rice makes more than 2 cups of cooked rice. You can increase the other ingredients proportionally to use all of the rice or save it to make something else. I used the rest of the rice to make Cinnamon Rice Pudding.
- Click on the links to the individual recipes in the Menu to go to other blogs on this site.
- Green Banana and Pepper Rice Salad (Recipe Above)
Side Garnish of Avocado and Cucumber Slices with Lemon, plus Asparagus Spears.
Dill Pickle Potato Salad – Link to Recipe
Marinated Steak
Cinnamon Rice Pudding with Maple Syrup and Whipped Cream for Dessert.
– Link to Recipe
Recipe: How to Marinate Steak and Why. - Why is Resistant Starch Important in a Balanced Diet?
I hope you enjoy this Menu. It contains healthy resistant starch and whole food balances starches to give you lots of energy to enjoy many outdoor activities this summer. Your tummy will feel full and satisfied, yet easy on your digestion.
Tip: How to keep Asparagus fresh and Hydrated. Place freshly washed asparagus in water in a juice pitcher. The asparagus will soak up the water, and the container will both keep the asparagus from getting knocked about and fresh. Before use, again rinse asparagus.
You may also want to read A Guide to a Healthy Gluten-Free Diet.
Any time of year is a great time for salads. Especially salads containing resistant starch.
