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