If you love healthy and yummy recipes, make this Mediterranean Brown Rice Salad. It is simple and makes enough to feed a crowd. This delicious salad features chewy and nutty-tasting brown rice, cherry tomatoes, baby spinach, and briny feta. A bright and zingy dressing with basil takes this veggie and brown rice bowl over the top. Perfect for a dinner party!
Start with the rice. Simmer the rice until tender and all the water has absorbed. In the meantime, whisk together the ingredients for the dressing. Once the rice is cooked, combine the rice with the baby spinach. Stir in the cherry tomatoes and sliced green onions and toss with the dressing until the spinach has wilted. Finally, stir in the crumbled feta, then loosely cover the salad and chill it until cold. If you are vegetarian or vegan, no problem! Simply sub out the feta for vegan cheese.
To make the Mediterranean Brown Rice Salad, you will need the following ingredients:
In a saucepan, combine 1 ½ cups uncooked long-grain brown rice and 3 ½ cups water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until the rice is tender and all the liquid has absorbed, 35-40 minutes.
In the meantime, in a bowl, whisk together 2 tablespoons white vinegar, 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, 1 minced garlic clove, ¾ teaspoon pepper, and ½ teaspoon salt. While whisking, gradually add ½ cup olive oil in a steady stream. Stir in ¼ cup fresh basil.
In a large bowl, place 6 ounces coarsely chopped spinach and the cooked rice. Stir in 16 ounces tomatoes, 6 thinly sliced green onions, and the prepared dressing. Toss until the spinach has wilted. Gently stir in 2 cups crumbled feta. Loosely cover and transfer to the fridge for 2 hours or until cold.
Serve and enjoy!
This Mediterranean Brown Rice Salad is simple, healthy and easy to make. You can make this salad ahead and store it in the fridge until ready to serve a crowd. Made this recipe? Let us know what you think in the comments below!
This Mediterranean Brown Rice Salad was a hit at my BBQ! Super easy to make, my kids gobbled it up. Love how fresh the flavors are—will def make again!
Family loved it. Made it for a picnic and it was refreshing and satisfying. Using fresh ingredients made all the difference. I was worried my kids wouldn't eat it, but they asked for seconds.
Super tasty salad!
Yummy! This salad was a hit at our family picnic last weekend! Everyone loved it, especially the dressing! So simple and fresh.
So good mate!
Delicious! I made this salad for my husband and kids last weekend, and they couldn’t get enough. The freshness of the ingredients really shines through, and it’s so easy to prepare. We love having healthy meals together! Definitely a keeper in our recipe book!
Great salad, quick to make for dinner parties
I absolutely loved the Mediterranean Brown Rice Salad. It was so simple to make, and my kids enjoyed helping me mix in the ingredients. We served it at a family gathering, and it disappeared in no time. The flavour was just exceptional, making it a new favourite in our home.
