Poke Bowls + Melissa’s Produce Giveaway

By Erin

It’s Labor Day, and it’s like 10 million degrees outside! Normally I’d be all about being outside and grilling up something delicious. I originally had wanted to make something else for this post out on the grill. But that was before I knew it was going to be an oven outside and the thought of going out in the backyard and melting in this miserable heat isn’t at the top of my list of things to do. I just wanted something easy, cool, refreshing, and delicious to enjoy on this day. When my friend told me her family had just caught some Bonito out near Catalina and if I’d like some, I knew then exactly what I wanted to make for this heat wave. POKE! The bonito mixed with some rice, tropical fruit and other veggies from Melissa’s Produce would make for some amazing poke bowls!

Poke bowls are super easy to make and are very customizable to each individual persons tastes. It can be inventive. You can use different fish and lots of fruit and vegetables or you can also use shrimp or other seafood instead. Just make it colorful!! You eat with your eyes first! 😉

Ingredients

• Sushi grade bonito, tuna, salmon or other fresh fish. Cut up into cubes. If you want to make a vegetarian or vegan version then you could use some tofu.
• 3 Tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
• 2 Tablespoons sweet chili sauce
• Jasmine Rice
• Avocado
• Mango
• Pineapple
• Cucumber
• Green onions
• Purple onions
• Jalapeno
• Melissa’s Produce Rainbow Peppercorn–Spice Grinder

Other ingredients you could use: grated ginger, sesame seeds, sriracha sauce. You can add pretty much any other fruits, veggies, or sauces that you think will add to the flavor of the bowl that you like.

In a separate bowl, take your fish that you have cut into cubes and mix it with the soy sauce, sesame oil and sweet chili sauce. Then get your bowls and serve the amount of rice you want into each persons bowl. Then add your poke, fruits and veggies into the bowl. Season to taste with the pepper and other sauces you like and enjoy!

To celebrate Labor Day I am giving away a ‘Good as Gold’ Basket from Melissa’s Produce! You can use a the mangos and pineapples from it to create your own poke bowls and enjoy these last days of summer and first days of fall! I cannot wait to make some fall recipes with the apples and pears.

Enjoy the gift of specialty fruit and premium snacking! Send this exciting basket to friends, family or just as a gift to yourself to enjoy! Items it includes: Baby Pineapples (2) or 1 large pineapple, Mango (1), Ambrosia Apples (2), Butterscotch Pears (2), Dried Mango (2 packages, 3 oz. each), Dried Blueberries (2 packages, 3 oz. each), Clean Snax (2 packages, 2 oz. each), and Yogurt-Covered Almonds (6 oz.) for a unique taste of the stadium and the tropics.

Enter for a chance to win your own Good as Gold basket from Melissa’s Produce. Must be +18 years old to enter and live in the 48 continental United States. Ends September 18th at 12AM PST. See sweepstakes tab on blog for more info about giveaways. Good-luck!