Brown Rice Salad With Peppers And Zucchini

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup brown rice
• 1/2 cup green onion, sliced
• 2 red pickled peppers, diced
• 1/2 medium zucchini, diced
• 1 celery rib, diced
• 1/2 cup feta cheese, crumbled
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon oregano (not powdered)
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 cook brown rice according to package directions (if you wish, add a 1/2 a vegetable cube in place of any salt listed in the cooking instructions) and set aside to cool.
• 2 chop vegetables and cheese and toss with cooled, cooked rice. i use a mandoline slicer to get a variety of shapes and textures to my vegetables. use whatever vegetables appeal to you.
• 3 in a small jar make vinaigrette by mixing the salt, pepper, vinegar, mustard, garlic and oregano together and then adding the oil.
• 4 this will actually make more dressing than is needed for the salad, i think, but it is a solid vinaigrette that performs well on other salads.
• 5 dress the salad to taste and serve immediately.
• 6 this salad can also enhanced by chicken, tuna or chopped egg.