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Cold Rice Salad:
A simple rice salad with cilantro, crunchy celery and pine nuts topped off with a seasoned vinegar. Its fast and easy and a great quick meal.
For a variety of quick meal ideas, use the menu planner below.
2-3 servings
You will need 5 ingredients:
- Basmati Rice
- Fresh Cilantro
- Celery
- Pine Nuts
- Seasoned Rice Vinegar
Make Ahead for this Salad:
- Cook the rice, cool and measure
out 3 cups
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Ingredients:
basmati rice 3 cups cooked and cooled
fresh cilantro 1/4 cup finely chopped
celery 1/2 cup diced
pine nuts 1/4 to 1/2 cup
seasoned rice vinegar 1 to 2 tbsp to taste
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1. In a mixing bowl, combine the rice, cilantro, celery and pine nuts.
2. Add the seasoned vinegar a tablespoon at a time, tasting until desired flavor is achieved.
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Quick Meals - Menu Planner:
Main Meal Idea:
** Serve rice salad with cucumber and tomato slices drizzled with lime juice and a little olive oil. For dessert, serve a dish of your favorite sorbet.
** Serve this easy salad recipe with grilled salmon steaks and steamed broccoli and mushrooms on the side.
Light Meal Ideas:
** Serve this cold rice salad with a simple side salad.
** You could also scoop this quick salad into a soft tortilla shell and top with a spoonful of black beans and some sprouts with grilled vegetables from the deli counter on the side.
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These easy ingredient exchanges are a nice way to add variety to this flavorful salad.
* Instead of Cilantro try: Fresh Parsley or Fresh Basil
* Instead of Celery try: Diced Jicama or Shredded Carrots
* Instead of Pine Nuts try: Walnuts or Cashews
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