Spiced Black Bean & Rice Salad in a Jar

Ingredients

Grain

• 1½ cups (300 g)

  uncooked white rice
  uncooked brown rice
  uncooked quinoa

Spiced beans

• 1 Tbsp (15 mL)

  vegetable oil
• 3 cups (516 g)

  cooked black beans
  cooked brown lentils
  cooked green lentils
  cooked red kidney beans
• 2 tsp (5 g)

  chili powder
• 2 tsp (6 g)

  garlic powder
• 2 tsp (5 g)

  onion powder
• 2 tsp (5 g)

  paprika powder
• 2 tsp (6 g)

  ground cumin
• ½ tsp

  ground black pepper
• ½ tsp

  salt

Dressing

• ¼ cup (60 mL)

  olive oil
• 2

  limes, juiced
• 2

  cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 tsp (5 g)

  paprika powder
• 1 tsp (3 g)

  ground cumin
• ½ tsp

  ground black pepper
• 1 tsp (6 g)

  salt

Salad

• 2 cups (330 g)

  canned corn
• 2

  red bell peppers, diced
• 1

  small red onion, diced
• 2

  avocados, diced*
• 2 cups (360 g)

  cherry tomatoes, halved
• ¼ cup (38 g)

  pickled jalapeño slices

Optional garnish

• fresh cilantro