Mediterranean Brown Rice Salad

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups cooked brown rice , cooled but not cold
  • 1 tomato, diced
  • 1 cucumber, diced
  • ¼ red onion, chopped (sub 1 spring onion)
  • 20g/2 cups tightly packed baby rocket/arugula, roughly chopped (or baby spinach)
  • 2 tbsp cup coriander/cilantro leaves , roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp fresh dill leaves , roughly chopped

Lemon Dressing:

  • 1½ tbsp lemon juice
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 small garlic clove, minced
  • ¼ tsp Dijon mustard
  • ⅓ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp black pepper

Extras you'll want:

  • ¼ cup black olive slices
  • 100g halloumi, sliced then pan fried in a little olive oil until golden

Method

  1. Place Dressing ingredients in a jar and shake well to combine.
  2. Place Salad ingredients in a big bowl. Drizzle over Dressing, toss well.
  3. Transfer to serving bowl. If using Halloumi, pile on top.
  4. Serve!