Black Rice Salad with Raw and Roasted Vegetables, Feta Cheese and Oregano-Citrus Vinaigrette
IS BLACK THE NEW BROWN? The ultimate antioxidant salad loaded with great taste, texture and color.
Ingredients
Instructions
Make the Oregano-Citrus Vinaigrette.
When rice has cooked, but still warm – toss with 3 T. of the vinaigrette to boost it’s flavor in a large bowl.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Add the vegetables to a rimmed pan to fit – onion, zucchini, pepper and asparagus and toss with 2 t. olive oil and a pinch of salt.
Roast until lightly golden, about 15 minutes. Cut them into bite sized pieces, add to the rice bowl.
Add 1 T. of vinaigrette to the sliced kale, message in with your fingers, add to the rice bowl.
Add the other raw vegetables to the rice bowl; green beans, cucumbers, scallions and micro greens.
Toss the feta cubes with the chopped dill, add to the bowl.
Toss the salad with 1/2 of the reserved vinaigrette.
Cover and refrigerate the salad to blend the flavors, at least 1 hour.
Serve with some extra vinaigrette and enjoy.
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