I wanted to make sure that my recipe appropriately welcomed the much awaited-spring, so I added fresh mint, Italian parsley, and segmented navel oranges to this dish (in addition to some other yummy ingredients). The beauty of forbidden rice is you can get as creative as you’d like!
Course Salad
Cuisine American
Keyword rice
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 45 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour
Servings 6Servings
Author Kath Younger
Ingredients
1lbForbidden rice
1Cucumberpeeled and diced
1Red pepperdiced
1Navel orangesegmented
1/4cupWalnutschopped
2 tbspMint
2tbspItalian parsley
½ tspSalt
For the Dressing
2tbspHoney or agave
2Lemonsjuiced
4tbspExtra virgin olive oil
Instructions
Prepare forbidden rice according to package. Set aside and allow to cool.
Prepare cucumber, bell pepper, orange and herbs.
Chop walnuts.
Whisk dressing ingredients together.
Pour rice into bowl or on platter and top with layers of ingredients.