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Rice Salad Recipe
With the emphasis on whole grains for a healthy lifestyle, this simple but rich tasting quick salad recipe is perfect. Sweet rice and avocado with crunchy red onion and deep tomato taste, creates an easy rice salad that is fresh, flavorful and healthy all at the same time.
Serve our rice salad with an omelet, for a quick dinner, or simply as a light lunch salad. Take a look below for some easy meal ideas.
Serves 2
What you will need 5 ingredients:
- Brown Rice
- Avocado
- Red Onion
- Bottled Sun-Dried Tomatoes in Oil
- All Natural Store Bought Vinaigrette Dressing
Make Ahead for this salad:
- 3 cups of cooked brown rice
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Ingredients:
brown rice - 3 cups cooked
(wild or basmati rice may be substituted)
avocado - 1/2 cup diced
red onion - 1/2 cup diced
*sun-dried tomatoes in oil - 1/2 cup chopped
* all natural vinaigrette dressing - 1/2 cup or to desired moistness
(choose your favorite natural store bought brand)
*Reduce the fat: Instead of sun-dried tomatoes in oil, choose those that are just dried and soften in hot water for thirty minutes. Also, choose a low-fat or fat-free vinaigrette dressing.
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1. In a mixing bowl, combine the rice and vegetables.
2. Add the salad dressing to the bowl, adjusting to desired moistness.
Use the easy menu planner and additions listed below to help with meal planning and menu ideas for this creamy rice salad.
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Quick Meal Ideas - Menu Planner:
** Serve this quick salad on a bed of fresh baby spinach leaves with orange sections on the side.
** Lunch Idea: Serve our rice salad along with a bowl of vegetable soup and carrot and celery sticks.
** Quick Dinner Idea: Serve this quick salad scooped inside of hollowed out green or red peppers along with scrambled eggs or a cheese omelet.
** Easy Brunch: Serve this cold rice salad with a fruit salad like our
Summer Salad Recipe
on the side.
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Additions:
The following additions add a little more richness and heft to this rice salad. Use one, two or all three if you like. Also changing the dressing will give this quick salad recipe a new dimension as well. Use your imagination and have fun.
*Feta Cheese - 1/4 cup crumbled or
*Oil Cured Olives - 1/4 cup chopped or
*Walnuts - 1/4 cup chopped
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Try these other great grain and bean quick salads.
7 Layer Salad
Avocado Rice Salad
Basmati Rice Salad
Bean Salad Recipe
Beans and Carrot Salad
Cold Rice Salad
Cornbread Salad Recipe
Easy Rice Salad
Garbanzo Bean Salad
Kidney Bean Salad
Quick and Easy Bean Salad
Red Rice and Olive Salad
Simple Bean Salad Recipe
Three Rice Salad Recipe
Tofu Salad Recipe with Spicy Peanut Dressing
Warm Brown Rice Salad with Peppers and Feta
Wild Rice Salad Recipe
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