Carrot, brown rice, and walnut salad.
Serves 4 mains or 8-10 as a side dish,
Ingredients.
4 -5 carrots, grated
1/2 bag of baby spinach
1 red onion, finely diced
2 tbsp fresh herbs ( I used parsley)
1/4 cup of pumpkin seeds
1/4 cup roughly chopped walnuts
1/4 combined of cranberries and raisins
1.5 cups brown rice ( or 1x pre-cooked pkt)
Dressing
1/4 cup mayonaisse
1 tbsp oil ( either: evoo, avocado, hemp or rapeseed)
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp honey
1 tsp wholegrain mustard
METHOD
Prepare brown rice first, either in a rice cooker, stovetop or using a precooked bag (huge time saver!).
Then chop all fresh salad ingredients and combine in a large bowl with the nuts, seeds and, dried fruit. Once rice has cooled slightly add this to bowl.
For the dressing whisk all ingredients in a small bowl. If serving immediately toss through the dressing. Otherwise add 1-2 tbsp per serve when you are serving.
Keeps fresh in the fridge for 3-4 days.