This low-carb meatloaf will be a hit with the whole family. It’s one of the few strategies I have to convince my kids to eat their vegetables.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 50 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 30 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked brown rice
- 1 ½ cups water
- 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- ¼ cup chopped red onion
- ¼ cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- ¼ cup bite-size broccoli florets
- ¼ cup chopped green bell pepper
- ¼ cup chopped red bell pepper
- ¼ cup chopped yellow bell pepper
- 2 tablespoons chopped raw almonds
- ¼ teaspoon coarse black pepper
- 2 tablespoons fat free Italian-style dressing
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Combine the rice and water in a small saucepan; bring to a boil over high heat. Cover, and reduce the heat to medium-low. Simmer until the rice is tender, and the liquid has been absorbed, 45 to 50 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Place cooled rice in a large bowl. Stir in the kidney beans, red onions, mushrooms, broccoli, bell peppers, and almonds; season with pepper. Toss salad with the Italian dressing and olive oil.
- Chill for at least one hour before serving.
Reviews
We really liked this. Skip the olive oil for lower fat. What is the serving size? It’s great it gives nutritional values per serving but doesn’t tell you serving size. Anyone know? Thanks!
This was very easy to prepare and I loved the texture and mixture of healthy ingredients, however, I did have to play alot with seasoning to taste.
This was very easy to prepare and I loved the texture and mixture of healthy ingredients, however, I did have to play alot with seasoning to taste.
Easy and delicious dinner for a hot summer day.
Simple, easy and delicious! The only thing I would change is adding a little more dressing. You can easily adapt this recipe to your taste or use whatever leftovers you have in the fridge. Really enjoyed this!
Made it with Black Beans as I was out of Kidney, added 1 clove of finely chopped garlic and about a teaspoon of fresh ginger; worked out really well, I will make this again.
This is a perfect recipe for the Daniel Fast. Everything is healthy. It could have used a pinch more of seasoning overall.
Prepared for a BBQ and it was a success. I just removed the broccoli since when used with the same friend for other recipes they complained about them therefore I decided to leave them out. but still a great recipe.
Really enjoyed this salad. May have added more dressing than listed and sub’d cashews for almonds since I don’t like them much. Very good!!!
Nutty is right! I love these kind of Everything-But-The-Kitchen-Sink salads that are healthy with a lot of vegetables. My only complaint is the 1/4 cup amounts for each of the veggies, not even close to enough so I added much more. Otherwise I loved it. The dressing amount was fine for me, I used a very strong dressing I made myself. Used Wehani rice which is a chewy, nutty red rice. I served this as a side dish, but this is actually a meal all unto itself.
I liked this recipe, but cooked rice in chicken broth for more flavor. I also blanched the broccoli & put it immediately in ice water to get brighter color. Also needed to add more dressing.
Works great as a salad-in-a-jar. Just layer dressing, celery, rice, beans, then your soft veggies and some spinach.
We both LOVE this. Great recipe. So delicious and yet simple. I didn’t add mushrooms out of personal taste and next I would add a little more olive oil and Italian dressing. The flavors are great.
LOVED by everyone in my family (and some co-workers too)! Other than a lot of chopping, super-easy and well worth the effort.
Just tried this and we really love it. I had a couple of snafus, but it worked out okay. I used sweet brown rice, but had just under a cup of it. I mistakenly used a 2:1 ratio when I boiled the water, so I ended up just rinsing with cold water in a strainer. Added benefit – immediately cool rice. I then discovered that I had no can of kidney beans… ummm… quickly improvising, I omitted the beans and used champagne dressing instead of italian, thinking I could play it off as a broccoli/pepper/lemon/garlicky Italian style flavor. Bingo. So aside from screwing up completely on the base, it is really good. Still refrigerating a bit to serve with some baked chicken aux herbes de provence and fresh artichokes. Nom.
Everybody really enjoyed this dish.I did have to add extra evoo and spiced it up with alittle more seasoning.
Really good and easy. I added pineapplb
Great salad it went fast, next tennis match make a 8 serving dish.
I really enjoyed this healthy option for a side dish. I added two more TBSP of Fat Free Italian Dressing to it (not that big of a difference in caloric intake and did add to the flavor).
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Very blah. Disappointed. I added some Mexican seasoning to it and we were able to eat it.