Comments on: The most oft’ requested dish around here … http://dianacooks.com/2005/08/22/the-most-oft-requested-dish-around-here/ Food & recipes for an autoimmune disease-free life Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:39:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dianaburrell http://dianacooks.com/2005/08/22/the-most-oft-requested-dish-around-here/comment-page-1/#comment-77 dianaburrell Mon, 22 Aug 2005 06:25:00 +0000 http://dianacooks.com/?p=44#comment-77 Ooo, that recipe looks cool. Must try before the weather cools off.<br/><br/>Well Deb, your summer season is coming -- soon you can be back to salads. :-) Ooo, that recipe looks cool. Must try before the weather cools off.

Well Deb, your summer season is coming — soon you can be back to salads. :-)

]]> By: Deb http://dianacooks.com/2005/08/22/the-most-oft-requested-dish-around-here/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Deb Mon, 22 Aug 2005 05:05:00 +0000 http://dianacooks.com/?p=44#comment-74 This looks so good. I haven't made pasta or rice salad in ages. Yum.<br/><br/>I had a tasty rice salad at a BBQ this weekend that reminded me how good it can be. My friend Rebekah makes a really, really delicious rice salad that's perfect for picnics or bbqs. I'm always asking her to make it and I could eat bowlful after bowlful of it. She gave me the (rough) recipe. Here it is:<br/><br/><b>Rebekah's Rice Salad</b><br/><br/>1 cup Aborio rice <br/>1 tomato cored and diced <br/>1 yellow capsicum diced <br/>1 cucumber (seeded) diced <br/>1/2 cup mozarella <br/>2 tbspn capers <br/>12 kalamata olives <br/>10 basil leaves <br/>10 mint leaves <br/>5 tbsp extra virgin oil <br/>lemon juice <br/>salt + P <br/><br/>Cook rice in salted water til al dente, run under cold water to stop it cooking then drain thoroughly. <br/>When dry combine ingredients - toss and let stand for at least 15 minutes before eating. <br/><br/>I actually use fetta instead of mozarella (I occasionally use both if I buy good mozarella) and I use extra vegetables and herbs - often chuck in some parsley too. I haven't tried it with brown rice but I reckon it would be good. This looks so good. I haven’t made pasta or rice salad in ages. Yum.

I had a tasty rice salad at a BBQ this weekend that reminded me how good it can be. My friend Rebekah makes a really, really delicious rice salad that’s perfect for picnics or bbqs. I’m always asking her to make it and I could eat bowlful after bowlful of it. She gave me the (rough) recipe. Here it is:

Rebekah’s Rice Salad

1 cup Aborio rice
1 tomato cored and diced
1 yellow capsicum diced
1 cucumber (seeded) diced
1/2 cup mozarella
2 tbspn capers
12 kalamata olives
10 basil leaves
10 mint leaves
5 tbsp extra virgin oil
lemon juice
salt + P

Cook rice in salted water til al dente, run under cold water to stop it cooking then drain thoroughly.
When dry combine ingredients – toss and let stand for at least 15 minutes before eating.

I actually use fetta instead of mozarella (I occasionally use both if I buy good mozarella) and I use extra vegetables and herbs – often chuck in some parsley too. I haven’t tried it with brown rice but I reckon it would be good.

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