CURRIED RICE AND QUINOA SALAD

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For a salad to make a meal, it should contain something more substantial, like grains, beans or potatoes, or protein-rich ingredients like cheese, fish or eggs. Poach an egg, place it atop a generous serving of frisée salad tossed with croutons, herbs and a tart vinaigrette, and you've got lunch or a light dinner. A spinach salad with green beans can be transformed into a comforting and nourishing meal when warm potatoes tossed with vinaigrette and feta are added to the mix. I've made this mixed-grains salad using both regular brown rice and brown basmati rice. I like the lightness of the basmati brown rice, but I also enjoy the chewiness of regular brown rice.

Provided by Martha Rose Shulman

Categories dinner, weekday, salads and dressings

Time 10m

Yield Serves six

Number Of Ingredients 15

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Ingredients

3/4 cup basmati brown rice, or 1 cup regular long grain or short grain brown rice, cooked
1/2 cup quinoa, preferably red quinoa, cooked
1/4 cup toasted almonds, coarsely chopped
1 large stalk celery, diced
1 apple, cored, cut in small dice and tossed with 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt or buttermilk
2 tablespoons Hellmann's or Best Foods Mayonnaise
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon curry powder
Pinch of cayenne
Salt to taste
2 tablespoons canola oil
1/2 pound broccoli florets, steamed for four or five minutes and refreshed with cold water

Steps:

Combine all of the salad ingredients.
Whisk together the yogurt or buttermilk, mayonnaise, lime juice, Dijon mustard, curry powder, cayenne and salt to taste. Whisk in the oil, and toss with the salad. Garnish with the broccoli florets, and serve.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 182, UnsaturatedFat 10 grams, Carbohydrate 15 grams, Fat 12 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 5 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 321 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams, TransFat 0 grams