Fried rice with cucumber and avocado salad

The rice is actually Trader Joe's chicken fried rice (frozen). Oddly enough, all of the chicken and veggies migrated to the top of the bag, and I ate all of it when I prepared the first half of the bag a couple days ago When I took the remainder out of the freezer, only plain rice was left.

The salad is great. It's just strips of cucumber and avocado with Newman's ginger and sesame dressing.

Beef kabob dinner

I started to make Peruvian beef kabobs with a cucumber/avocado/yogurt soup and quinoa. I could not find quinoa at the store, and I forgot to get yogurt, so I improvised quite a bit here:

Marinade for 1" cubes of beef:
2 Tbsp lime juice
2 Tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp cumin

Marinate for an hour, then skewer the beef, and cook on the grill for 3-5 minutes per side. If the cubes of beef are too small, they will be well-done when the outside is nicely charred. Make sure the cubes are large enough to be pink in the middle when the outside looks appetizing.

I made some cous-cous instead of the quinoa. I know, not a very ethnically-correct substitution, but I think the cous-cous worked better than rice.

I made a cucumber and avocado salad with sesame/ginger dressing. This tasted great, and the flavor worked really well with the rest of the dinner. I used Newman's Own dressing instead of making my own.

I also grilled some onions in olive oil along with the beef, so this turned out to be quite a multi-cultural meal. The combination was great, and I'd definitely make this again.