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This delightful chilled Grain Salad is chock full of nutty brown rice, herbs, garbanzo beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, feta cheese, and red onions with a simple olive oil and lemon juice dressing. Make a batch of this to stash in the fridge and lunch is in the bag all week!

Grain Salad

Rebecca Lindamood
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
This delightful chilled Grain Salad is chock full of nutty brown rice, herbs, garbanzo beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, feta cheese, and red onions with a simple olive oil and lemon juice dressing. Make a batch of this to stash in the fridge and lunch is in the bag all week!

Equipment

  • 1 mixing bowl
  • 1 spoon
  • 1 knife
  • 1 cutting board

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups chilled leftover cooked brown rice
  • 4 ounces crumbled feta cheese
  • 1 seedless cucumber diced
  • 2 pints cherry tomatoes quartered
  • 1 can garbanzo beans drained and rinsed
  • ½ a red onion peeled and thinly sliced or diced
  • 1 cup fresh herbs use about 2/3 parsley, but add in some fresh dill and mint for maximum wow!
  • 1 lemon juiced
  • cup garlic olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Add the brown rice, feta cheese, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, garbanzo beans, and onions to a large mixing bowl and mix to combine evenly.
  • Add the herbs, lemon juice, garlic olive oil, kosher salt, and black pepper and toss gently to distribute everything evenly.
  • You can serve this immediately, but it benefits from at least an hour in the refrigerator to allow the flavours to meld and marry.

Nutrition

Calories: 263kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 6gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 472mgPotassium: 471mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1313IUVitamin C: 46mgCalcium: 115mgIron: 2mg

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