Confetti Rice Salad
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This simple gluten-free, veggie-packed salad is perfect for meal prep or feeding a crowd. It's rice + a ton of diced vegetables and herbs, all tossed in a dijon-balsamic vinaigrette. It's the type of salad that goes with everything. Recipe doubles well, is easily adaptable to tastes and saves well in the refrigerator for a few days. Recipe adapted from Silver Palate.
Author: Healthy Gluten-Free Family
Recipe type: Salad, Sides, Veggies
Cuisine: Gluten-Free, Vegan
Serves: 6-7 cups
Ingredients
Salad
- 4 cups cooked, hot rice
- ⅓ red pepper, de-seeded and diced
- ⅓ yellow pepper, de-seeded and diced
- ½ red onion, diced
- 3 scallions, white and green parts, sliced
- 1 shallot,diced (about ¼ cup)
- ½ 10 oz pkg frozen petite peas, dethawed (about 1 cup)
- ⅓ cups steamed asparagus, cut into 1 inch pieces
- ⅓ cup fresh green beans, cut into 1 inch pieces
- ½ cup currants (My family isn't a fan of currents so I've made without, but I think it adds an nice and unexpected touch of sweetness)
- ¼ cup black olives, diced
- ⅛ cup parsley, chopped (I've made it with both curly and flat leaf parsley)
- ¼ cup fresh dill, chopped
Dressing (makes 1 cup -- you may not need it all so save the rest for a salad)
- ½ cup olive oil
- 4 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon cane sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
Rice
- If you haven't made rice, do so now in whatever method you prefer. We have recently been using a multi pot because it's quick and works every time!
If you haven't steam asparagus, so do now too.
- Takes about 3-5 minutes until tender crisp
Dressing
- Combine ingredients in a small bowl or liquid measuring cup and whisk until well combined.
Salad
- Place cooked rice (while still warm) in a large bowl. Pour ½ cup dressing over rice and stir to combine.
- Add veggies and toss to combine.
- Taste and add additional dressing, salt or pepper to taste.
- Serve immediately or store in a sealed container in the refrigerator. Stays well in refrigerator for several days and can be enjoyed cold, at room temperature or warm.
Summary
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Confetti Rice Salad
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Healthy Gluten- Free Family
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Looks wonderful. Making it with Quinoa. Thanks for the super recipe. We all need to eat more of this kind of food.
Thank you! I bet it will taste great with quinoa! Let me know how it works out!