Greek Brown Rice Salad – The Lemon Bowl®

This Greek brown rice salad is given a Mediterranean twist with cherry tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, creamy feta, and Kalamata olives.

Greek salad and all of it’s salty, crunchy, creamy, briny goodness is considered one of my go-to favourite methods to serve entire grains. Not many dishes let you serve such all kinds of substances in a single – corn, tomatoes, olives, cucumber, and chickpeas are only a few of the substances that come collectively in my scrumptious Greek Brown Rice Salad.

Components

• Brown rice: Entire grain and a terrific supply of fiber together with many different vitamins in comparison with white rice, I additionally just like the chewy texture it offers the dish.
• Chickpeas: Additionally referred to as garbanzo beans, chickpeas are a incredible supply of protein, and are simply accessible as canned chickpeas work nice on this salad!
• Cherry tomatoes: Roasted or contemporary, I like each on this salad, as every preparation provides its personal twist of taste.
• Cucumber: Gentle and barely candy in taste, cucumber is hydrating and stuffed with nutritional vitamins, in addition to a typical Greek ingredient.
• Scallions: Additionally referred to as inexperienced onions, they offer a a lot milder onion taste whereas nonetheless including freshness to the salad.
• Corn: Provides a candy little crunch to the salad, and you need to use contemporary, frozen, or canned!
• Feta cheese: A comfortable, crumbly cheese that’s tangy and salty in style, and could be very Greek in affiliation.
• Kalamata olives: Named after the town in Greece the place they originate, they’re wealthy and fruity in taste in comparison with your typical black olive.
• Lemon: Must be no shock how a lot I like the style of lemon, so I exploit lemon zest and lemon juice to assist make the dressing of the rice salad.
• Olive oil: Coronary heart wholesome and gentle in taste, it’s the right base for any salad, together with rice ones.
• Oregano: Dried oregano is a bit milder than contemporary, however nonetheless provides earthy, peppery notes.
• Mint: Dried mint, against dried oregano, is definitely a bit stronger at occasions, and rather less candy. However nonetheless aids to giving that Mediterranean, Greek twist to this rice salad.
• Garlic: Nutty, pungent, and fragrant style that helps to decorate the salad.

The way to Make a Greek Brown Rice Salad

Begin your Greek Brown Rice Salad by roasting your tomatoes (if desired) and cooking your rice in accordance with package deal directions. Then add them to a big bowl.

Subsequent you’ll add the chopped cucumbers, chickpeas, scallions, and corn.

Adopted by the Kalamata olives and feta cheese.

Then season with dried oregano, mint, and a few salt and pepper for style.

Subsequent you’ll gown the salad with a drizzle of olive oil.

Then the zest of a lemon.

After which juice the identical lemon, being certain to catch any seeds.

Lastly, use a microplane to freshly grate in some garlic and stir till mixed and every part is evenly coated within the dressing.

Add extra salt and pepper to style, then serve and luxuriate in your Greek Brown Rice Salad!

Simple Substitutions

• Don’t like olives? I extremely suggest making an attempt Kalamata olives, as they’ve a really totally different style than the same old black olives, however you possibly can omit them and nonetheless have a really tasty salad!
• Make it dairy free. Skip the feta cheese or substitute it with a soy or rice copycat.

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Whether or not you’re searching for a wholesome lunch or a scrumptious aspect for dinner, my Greek Brown Rice Salad will you’ll want to please.

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