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Mediterranean Brown Rice Salad
Mediterranean Brown Rice Salad includes cooked brown rice, tomatoes, cucumbers. Total time: 55 minutes. Serves 8.
Ingredients
Salad (Note 1)7
3 cups cooked brown rice, cooled but not cold
2 tomatoes, diced
2 cucumbers, diced, or 1 long English/continental cucumber
½ red onion, chopped, sub 2 stems green onion
4 cups tightly packed baby rocket/arugula, roughly chopped, or baby spinach
⅓ cup coriander/cilantro leaves, roughly chopped, Note 2
⅓ cup fresh dill leaves, roughly chopped, Note 2
Lemon Dressing6
3 tbsp lemon juice
5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 garlic cloves, minced using garlic press
½ tsp Dijon mustard, Note 3
¾ tsp salt, kosher/cooking salt
½ tsp black pepper
Optional extras (pictured)3
½ cup black olive slices
7 oz halloumi, sliced then pan fried in a little olive oil until golden and crispy
Other topping options: feta, parmesan, nuts, Note 4
