My own recipe for a fantastic brown rice salad. Everybody enjoys it. Excellent to bring as a side dish to parties.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Additional Time: | 2 hrs |
| Total Time: | 3 hrs 15 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup brown rice
- ¼ cup diced red onion
- ½ cup diced celery
- ¼ cup dried cranberries
- ½ cup balsamic vinaigrette salad dressing
- 1 tablespoon sugar
Instructions
- In a saucepan, bring water to a boil. Stir in rice, cover, and reduce heat to low. Simmer for 45 to 60 minutes, or until done.
- Transfer rice to a serving bowl, and stir in onion, celery, cranberries, salad dressing and sugar. Cover, refrigerate, and serve cold.
Reviews
I loved this recipe! It would be perfect for a pot luck!
Very good and healthy
Love this just as it is!!!
I added diced prunes and that contrasted the cranberries nicely
I will definitely make this again. Delicious, healthy and easy to make. I will definitely make this in a bigger batch for family get together.
I love this recipe! I’ve made it so many times I almost have it memorized. I can’t eat most commercial salad dressings due to the soybean oil, so I make my own vinaigrette. Easy recipe and delicious!
Very good! I used white rice and made my own balsamic vinaigrette. Hubby wants it again soon. There’s a good sign! 🙂
I added some toasted almonds for taste and texture. This is a tasty and healthy dish. My family really liked this!
Pleasant surprise, will be making again!
very yummy! i added a quarter cup of finely chopped carrots instead of sugar and it was fantastic! I will add this to my regular rotation
This is wonderful. I actually served it warm, didn’t read that you were supposed to chill it, and came out wonderful. The celery gave it a great crunch. Definitely pumps up your normal blah brown rice
We ate this immediately after I made it and it was ok but nothing to rave about. I have a feeling it may taste better tomorrow after the flavors have time to meld in the refrigerator. If not I may try it again but omit the celery.
i made as directed and thought the salad was very bland. just so~so.
Good option to plain old brown rice! Liked it as is (but didn’t use full amount of dressing-just because kids aren’t huge fans). We also only had cherry flavored craisins on hand so I added a bit of curry powder on a whim and it was quite yummy.
I was somewhat skeptical of this recipe as it just didn’t seem to have too many enticing ingredients. But I was looking for a healthy summer lunch recipe and happened to have all ingredients on hand so I gave it a try. It came out a big winner. Wonderful textures, very flavorful and satisfying. Will definitely be a summer staple at our house!
I used half of a regular balsamic vinaigrette and half raspberry walnut balsamic vinaigrette. And I substituted the sugar with stevia. I also added a little bit of finely chopped walnuts. This was very good!!!
This got better the longer it sat. I made it 3 days ago, and just had it for lunch.
delicious! Added diced orange and sliced almonds which made it amazing.
Hubby said it would be a 5 if it had blue cheese in the recipe – which he added.
Very good! Next time I will not use1/2 cup vinaigrette a bit less would taste better for me. I added chopped walnuts, sunflower seeds and almonds. This gives a nice crunch. Also doubled the dried cranberries. I loved this recipe and so did my family!
I thought I would love this because I really like all the ingredients, but the flavors together were odd. Maybe it was the balsamic dressing I used (Ken’s) , but it didn’t come together well.