Brown rice and spinach salad

2 cups uncooked batsami rice
6 cups fresh spinach
2 T olive oil
4 T cider vinegar
1.5 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp allspice
zest of 1 orange
2 cloves garlic
3 stalks chopped celery
3-4 small sweet peppers, roasted

Cook rice according to directions. Mix oil, vinegar, orange zest and spices, shake to combine. Combine hot rice with spinach, celery and peppers in bowl, cover and let cool. Steam from rice will wilt spinach. Once cool, pour dressing over all and stir to combine. Serve at room temperature or chilled.

Serving Size: makes 8 1 1/2 cup servings

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user THELMALMF3B.