Rice salad ole'
Yield: 2 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 c Cooked rice; cooled - (cooked in chicken broth)
- 1/2 c Chopped fresh tomatoes
- 2 Jalapeno peppers; minced
- 2 tb Red wine vinegar
- 1 tb Vegetable oil
- 1 ts Snipped fresh cilantro -OR- parsley
- 1 Garlic clove; minced
- 1/2 ts Basil
- 1/4 ts Crushed thyme
Instructions:
Combine rice tomatoes and peppers in medium bowl. Whisk remaining ingredients in small bowl; pour over rice mixture. Chill 2 to 3 hours so flavors will blend. Stir before serving. Each serving provides: * 164 calories * 2.6 g. protein * 6.8 g. fat * 23.5 g. carbohydrate * 392 mg. sodium * 1 mg. cholesterol Source: Cooking for Two or a Few Reprinted with permission from The USA Rice Council Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias



