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The other night I made a batch of jasmine rice for dinner...and then realized I didn't have a major ingredient I needed (don't you hate that?) I pulled it out of the fridge last night and thought I could make something good with it, and all these wonderful fresh veggies I have. Maybe a rice salad? I have to admit, I don't think I've ever tasted a rice salad, let alone made one, but when I get a food idea in my head, I just have to try it. I started by finely dicing carrots, celery, asparagus, julienned some cucumber and chiffonade some baby spinach.
I tossed it with the rice, along with some freshly cracked black pepper and sea salt, a few dried cranberries, and tossed it all with a pinch of Pecorino Romano cheese, and about 1 tsp of salad cream
. It tasted wonderful! It's mild enough for a kid, but if I was making it for myself, I'd add some really good brined black olives, diced tomatoes and a hard boiled egg or two and a splash of cider vinegar to give it more body and depth. The raw veg gives it this fresh, crisp texture, and the cranberries are sweet and give it a nice chewy bite. 
Bento #139 - Jasmine rice salad with organic carrots, organic baby spinach, celery, asparagus, cucumbers, and cranberries, mini meat balls and fresh raspberries.
8 comments:
It looks good, almost looks like my orzo pasta salad. :D My daughter would like this, she like rice on everything. She would pull out some furikake for her rice...she does that often.
looks delicious and very easy. i would love to try this.
Yum, looks delicious!
I posted one of Willow's lunches in my new bento box won on your giveaway http://kpolizzi.blogspot.com/2010/12/willows-lunch.html thanks again!
Yup, rice salads are tasty. I've done them similarly to quinoa salads... great vehicle for using bits and pieces of things, and because the rice is a cooked base, it can take some spices to absorb too, kind of playing the role of "salad dressing". Your combo looks great.
Lyndsey - Orzo, yum! I haven't had that in a while!
LVF - it's simple and yummy!
Kelly - that bento is soo cute!! Glad Willow likes the lunch bag and bento box =)
Stretching My Imagination - LOVE the idea of quinoa, I love the nutty flavor.
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