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Mediterranean Brown Rice Salad

Ali Segersten (author)
MEDITERRANEAN BROWN RICE VEGETABLE SALAD-1

Brown rice and veggie salads are easy to prep on the weekend in order to have a ready-to-go healthy lunch to take to school or work for the following few days. Add leftover cooked chicken, cooked chickpeas, or feta cheese to the salad if these ingredients fit into your diet.

Ingredients

Rice

1½ cups long grain brown rice
2½ cups water
¼ teaspoons sea salt

Salad

1 small red bell peppers diced
1 medium cucumbers diced
3 green onions sliced
½ cups chopped parsley
2 cups thinly sliced kale
½ cups kalamata olives

Dressing

4 tablespoons lemon juice
6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
¾ teaspoons sea salt
5.0 3 reviews

Cla…

Jun 22, 2026

This was surprisingly tasty considering the basic ingredients! I will definitely make this again!

Rac…

Jul 1, 2024

This is one of our new favorite summer grain salads. Thanks for another wonderful recipe, Ali!

LAA

Jan 20, 2024

Yummy and filling! I soaked my chickpeas for the first time in order to make this recipe. It was worth it--much tastier than out of a can. Thank you Ali!