Brown Rice Salad Recipes

This hearty, healthy salad is great warm or cold. It's even better the next day, after the flavors have had a chance to mingle.

I had about 10 minutes to pack myself lunch and voila! Healthy, filling, colorful and delicious, and made with whatever fresh veggies you have on hand. You'll love this one!

This is my version of Moroccan Chickpea Quinoa Salad from the website littlespicejar.com

A+ for the Asparagus and Artichokes, which I love. This is an adaptation of a Skinny Switch Recipe that calls for Tuna that I don't particularly care for:

A vegetarian, gluten free, everything but the kitchen sink salad

whole grain take on a greek salad, great to make up a large batch of and pack for lunch for the week.

This salad is great to make in large batches and use for several meals throughout the week. Served warm or cold, it is delicious.
Some ideas for using this healthy salad include:
-Serve along side a grilled chicken breast, tuna or salmon steak, or lean pork chop, topped with spicy mango salsa.

-add egg whites for a breakfast scramble.

-Serve on a bed of lettuce for a quick, tasty, hearty lunch

-Stuff into pita pocket or wrap & add crunchy romaine or other greens.

-Make a quick tortilla soup by adding a couple cups to low sodium chicken broth, add diced chicken & baked corn tortilla strips.

-freeze in portion size containers for any of these uses.

***when freezing, I don't add avocado to entire batch, add fresh when using.

Quick, filling and nutritious salad or side dish

Delish! LOW FAT! LOW SODIUM! LOW CALORIES! HIGH FIBER! Perfect if your looking for a well balanced meal!! Makes an easy for batch cooking for the week. Perfect for lunch or dinner. Other options include: add chicken, shrimp, or light balsamic salad dressing!

Mexican flavors in brown rice salad. Great warm or cold! Fresh taste and very little fat.

Very flavourful... great alone or as a side dish.

I like brown rice and I wanted to make a recipe that was CORE on the weight watchers program.

I work in a restaurant, and this is my favorite salad! Wanted to put it in here for others to try and love as much as I do. There is a decent amount of prep work involved, but it seriously creates so much salad! I like to toast up some multigrain flatbread, layer some hummus, some of the rice nut salad, and sprinkle some feta cheese on top if I have it. Super delicious, super filing, and so good for you! Makes six large servings, if using with hummus and/or flatbread. By itself, maybe 4 large servings, about 332 calories each (mostly from the walnuts too).

You can add or substitute other diced vegetables as you desire, such as cucumber and carrot. Sesame oil would be a nice touch, but I am trying to eat as little fat as possible right now.

I got this from the Weight Watchers recipe boards a few years ago. You may use any combination of chopped peppers.

served cold :)
Something about the dressing prevents the apples from turning brown!

High in fiber, protein, and flavor, low in fat.

Flavorful salad that's also filling. Use whatever veggies or fresh herbs you want. This one has mint, for a tabbouleh-like taste, but fresh dill would also be good.

You can make this vegetarian by substituting tuna / hard boiled eggs with crumbled feta cheese and adding red peppers

Make it ahead--have lunch all week!

A sweet and savoury combination of cranberries, pine nuts, honey and lemon juice.

This salad is full of the great summer flavors of cherries, basil and grilled chicken. Buying prepared grilled or roasted chicken (frozen or fresh) will make it a snap to put together. You can even substitute thawed frozen brown rice instead of cooking the basmati rice — you'll need about 2 1/4 cups.

This salad BURSTS with flavor! The toasty flavor of the pine nuts, the sweet cranberries, the crisp asparagus, the nutty rice, the sweet-n-sour dressing ... it really is a treat for the taste buds. And it's incredibly healthy.

You can change up the nuts and fruits/veggies in this. Cashews are good, as are pomegranate seeds and cubes of roasted winter squash.

A delicious cold rice salad