Orange, Almond & Brown Rice Salad
There's an addictively good rice salad my mother makes with white rice, almonds, mandarin oranges and mayo - not quite the typical line-up of rice salad ingredients, for sure, but after one bite you're hooked. So in the spirit of my latest read - Super Natural Cooking
by Heidi Swanson - I thought I'd put a fresh, organic twist on this salad with whole grain brown rice (I actually used a blend this time of Lundberg Wehani whole grain brown rice
and white basmati rice), fresh honeysweet oranges and almonds.
by Heidi Swanson - I thought I'd put a fresh, organic twist on this salad with whole grain brown rice (I actually used a blend this time of Lundberg Wehani whole grain brown rice and white basmati rice), fresh honeysweet oranges and almonds.
It's one of the easiest - dare I say most foolproof - recipes you can make, and it's great as a healthful, filling entree or as a side dish. Best of all, the combination of fresh sweet orange segments, meaty brown rice and crunchy almonds create multi-layered texture and a lovely savory-sweet contrast.
This is a work still in progress so I'm offering the basic recipe here along with a couple of twists for you to try...I'd love to hear from you if you come up with any other new twists....
What You Need
- 2 cups whole organic grain brown rice (or 1 cup brown rice and 1 cup white/basmati rice)
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- 2-3 Honeysweet organic oranges (or other small, sweet oranges - if you can't find small sweet fresh organic oranges, mandarin oranges are okay - just try to find some that aren't packed in sugar water!)
Optional
- 3 tablespoons canola mayonaise
- handful or two of chopped green onions
What You Do
- Cook the rice - I have an Aroma Rice Cooker
and love it - just rinse the rice, place it in the cooker with water and flip it on...
- Cool the rice in the fridge for 2-3 hours or even overnight (place it in a sealed container, of course!)
- Put the cooled rice into a medium-sized bowl, then stir in the almonds and (if you're using mayo and/or scallions stir them in, too).
- Add the orange segments and stir them in gently.
- Serve as entree with a crisp white wine or take to your next party as an easy side dish!
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Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 19:22
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moderngirl
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